Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (50 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'11" southern man, he is typically in his Bricklayer uniform. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has worked as a Bricklayer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. William was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: Henry speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Lance 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp.