Description: He is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair is still thick. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a black vest and prefers green and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His white hair is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born in the north. Heian was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Masseuse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'4" northern man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His crest is bronze and very short. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.