Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has shaved his head bald. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Coral (60 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, marred by sweets. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thomas grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 Marshal. He has worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: He's in love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears just a white suit. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Nicholas is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barrister hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.