Description: This northern man wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. 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 the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a green scarf. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Randal was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Amber (120 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears long strands of topaz and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Hunter is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Hunter was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fortune-teller. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Coral (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses like a well dressed Fletcher does. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the north to a Fletcher, Gunter learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fletcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fletcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear grey tank tops with white pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Zircon (60 gp).