Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'5" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Everard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a greatsword on his belt. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Randal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Randal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has green eyes and a pastel hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the north to a Ruler, Chad learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1100 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Coral (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.