Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ernest isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a Scribe, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 27000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Norman was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his black hair up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Roland 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire, and carries hammers. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp. Zircon (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).