Description: 4'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. His black hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Baern lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 east. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears brown trousers with tan and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his blonde hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This northern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy red crest. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Nykkan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Nykkan took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (700 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.