Description: This malnourished man wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Anselm 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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Navigator, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: 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 has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He struck the Tailor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his white hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Solid gold idol (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerald grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 11000 cp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).