Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nicholas studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his blonde hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'4" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.