Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Coral (150 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Balimaar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 19000 sp. Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has wavy white hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Richard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 pp. Amethyst (140 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. At a young age his mother died while driving off some gnolls. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in falchion use. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 15000 cp.