Description: This man stands a little under 6'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair is dark red and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Jet (90 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jade (90 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has moderate length black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. His purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Barakas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man wears baggy black pantaloons and a violet scarf, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by goblins in a raid when he was still a young child. The goblins captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Citrine (30 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Oren was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp.