Description: This northern man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Ernest was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bricklayer. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Coral (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'9" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His hair is silver and very short. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 sp.