Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He wears a green shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 15000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length silver hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. 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: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. He married young, but lost his spouse to brigands. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 29000 cp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.