Description: An older man who prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Balimaar was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Cory was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Cory took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Blacksmith. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a Courier, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. 2 Holy water.