Description: A 5'8" northern man, he is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north to a Armorer, Cory learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Armorer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Diggory was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 46000 sp. Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A true patriot, Lance would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Lance was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 pp. Peridot (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His white hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Reynard was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Reynard's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Good lock.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Tim wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Tim was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Bullseye lantern.