Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is golden and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a Mason first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 in the north to a Mason, Ernest learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has moderate length brown hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Everard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. 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; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. 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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Guy is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers white and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Patrick was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.