Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern man tends to wear a large black jacket. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. 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: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bricklayer. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Arnold lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently the stress of being a Bricklayer has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears professional attire. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Lance was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Lance was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Simon hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He tends to his Bather job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.