Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Miles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a violet shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He carries with him a set of shortbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy silver hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bowyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bowyer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 45000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp).

Description: He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Performer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.