Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is brown and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Arnold hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 sp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. After a long history of fighting, Alex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 Bather. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Holy water. 3 Tanglefoot bags.