Description: This western 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. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Ernest was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a worn and beaten armor. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Trey lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Trey was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Trey's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Manfred was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Herbalist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'11" and wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 north. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the north. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.