Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He tends to wear a large green jacket. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a large green jacket. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lewis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Lewis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.