Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is white and curly. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kody fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 120 pp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jet (90 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 23000 sp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Amber (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Conrad never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has green eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 25000 cp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.