Description: This light-skinned male is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Henry grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small yellow hat.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired him part-time. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has moderate length silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Chad lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears blue trousers with green and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Adam was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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 several months after his father was called into army service. When Gerald reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).