Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jade (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). White opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Sard (60 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has a very tight haircut. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Adelard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Adelard was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Adelard's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and sais. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Kriv was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heian grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heian. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1400 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.