Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'3" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a green collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His tied-back hair is blonde. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Miles is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: To protect his home; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.