Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the north to a Cook, Eberdeb learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Cook. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Sard (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: This man wears a white tunic with violet highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Rolen has worked very hard to control his curse. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy green suit. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. After coming to the age of reason, Thomas took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Koeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Rogue, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Koeth was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Beggar born in the past three hundred years. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Fulbar was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Beggar. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Gardener. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.