Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Priest father left him crippled. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Henry hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Thomas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Thomas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail, and carries crossbows. His hair is cut close to his head. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is obsessed with his god.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age his father died while driving off some dire rats. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in crossbow use. 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. Lewis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hubert was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.