Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kody will drive conversation. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rose (30 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is silver and curly. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gunter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Peter has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He has gray eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Theodoric was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mayor. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.