Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ernest is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Ernest was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 sp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Reynard 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his silver hair up. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a glaive, but if one is not available he will default to his falchion. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.