Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his auburn hair up. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His head has been shaved. He has green eyes.

Personality: Guy hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 13000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Ruler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Reynard studied abroad. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'0" northern man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He has blonde hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Chad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and yellow robe with the hood down. He has a hunchback. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gifted student he started as a Dyer, but he got bored and became a Merchant. He has worked as a Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.