Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to raise his children well

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 13000 sp. Jade (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. The war was a terrible time for him, and Astar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.