Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Cory 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Richard was born with his father's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Richard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has blonde hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Geoffrey was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Brewer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has moderate length white hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Balimaar was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Slave Trader. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Sard (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).