Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Conrad lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born into a rich family. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Rolf was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rolf's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 5'10" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Charles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Charles took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 pp.