Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roger studied abroad. A freak accident while working with his Performer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Engraver and was forced into it by his family; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Odo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Hunter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 48000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bernard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Thomas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Thomas was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shepherd. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Shepherd, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).