Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His black hair is cut short. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Herbalist. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the north to a Herbalist, Shane learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He tends to his Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His silver hair is cut short. 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 seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Hamil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He struck the Fletcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to be a detective again

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. His white hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.