Description: A man of a pale complexion, he very much looks the part of a Miner. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

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 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: Born in the north to a Miner, Bernard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bernard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shane grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is black and curly. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. 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 Assassin. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bellfounder, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 sp. Moss agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Mundane. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.