Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, marred by teas. His hair is short and black. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Richard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Arnold is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arnold studied abroad. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His silver hair is lengthy. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad grey hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Godfrey was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.