Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cory wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cory studied abroad. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30000 cp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has moderate length golden hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Shane was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. She wears her silver hair down. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp).