Description: This dark-skinned male wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Layabout. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. He wears his blonde hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Randal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Hubert was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Hubert's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.