Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Norman was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Adept, 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 Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10 pp. Amber (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His hair is golden and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and carries whips. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Raymond hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Raymond enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Coral (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.