Description: This younger middle-aged man wears baggy white pantaloons and a violet scarf, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Crown-heir who has hired him part-time. Tim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Frederick and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black star sapphire (1000 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He usually wears his blue robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Justin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Justin hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.