Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair is long and unkept. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. Bernard abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Silk rope. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Good lock. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver hair is cut short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears silk and lounges about seductively, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Charles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.