Description: This malnourished man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with white slacks. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Roland 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 south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Roland was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Crown-heir. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Manfred was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and balancing his hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, blue shirt, and black tie. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the north. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.