Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a blue collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bertram does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Carter

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

Possessions: 4000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Chad grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Through the years after Chad was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Chad's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His hair is black and curly. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Hematite (4 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, marred by beers. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Nicholas is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Nicholas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.