Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished warhammer as well. His hair is silver and curly. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. A true patriot, Nicholas would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Nicholas was born with his father's beautiful face. Nicholas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nicholas decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small tan hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Roland took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 48000 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a violet scarf. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Frederick alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Godfrey was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Godfrey's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 4 Antitoxin. 1 Holy water. 1 Alchemist’s fire.