Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spy. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: John was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Hugh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: Doesn't want to be a Unemployed and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Rose (80 gp).