Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man wears a simple brown robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 pp. Jet (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an entirely green suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Geoffrey was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Balimaar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: A 5'9" western man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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 unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 pp.