Description: This northern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born to a Knight, his father struggled to pay the bills. Henry was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Gardener. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a brown vest and prefers tan and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Norman was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Jade (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a yellow costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Heward speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Heward enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Heward learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 sp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Kyle liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 reunite with his absent father; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Map Maker. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.