Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his black crest up. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40000 cp. Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Pâsh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.