Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Server, who enjoyed hunting, Kyle was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Kyle took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her head has been shaved. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Spice Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Ploughman mother left him crippled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cartwright.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'11" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Cecily embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Cecily was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.