Description: This northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is chestnut and curly. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Nicholas was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Crown-heir. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is typically in his Tanner uniform. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Tanner. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and blue pants. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.