Description: This man dresses like a well dressed Laborer does. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. He wears his golden hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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-brother.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Gilbert hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has moderate length golden hair. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in the west to a Fortune-teller, Bernard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Sage, but he was a colossal failure. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp.