Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nicholas's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 14000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears tattered old clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Everard hails from a village terrorized by giants. 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 tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Eye agate (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Godfrey was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He refers to his adoptive mother 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 cp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).