Description: 5'9" and muscular, this northern man wears professional attire. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Bernard 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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'6" eastern man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a very tight haircut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. The war was a terrible time for him, and John does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Through the years after John was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. John's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, John and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a fancy blue suit. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rolf studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Rolf took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: Shane was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.