Description: 4'5" and muscular, this southern man likes to wear blue tank tops with violet pants. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Vonbin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, he is not a threatening figure. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Bertram hails from a village terrorized by goblins. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Interpreter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is chestnut and very short. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Fallond grew up listening to his mother's many stories. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Bowyer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 17000 sp.