Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern 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 feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her hair is white and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Agatha was born the youngest of three triplets. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.