Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 Body Guard. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Peter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 cp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Crown-heir hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.