Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a kukri on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ralf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing, and he perpetually has his mace ready. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He got into the Performer business at a young age. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is long and unkept. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Arnold hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Arnold is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Arnold was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His head has been shaved. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born into a rich family. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

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 is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp.