Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gold eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is cut short. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carpenter. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, marred by beers. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. Adelard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This eastern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Body Guard business.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Zircon (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). White opal (900 gp). Azurite (8 gp).