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 wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Kody has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Manfred 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 believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Painter, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Reynard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Diggory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.