Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears brown trousers with pastel and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his red hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He has silver hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The war was a terrible time for him, and Peter does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. Black star sapphire (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Frederick grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: This western man is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the west. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Shane was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miller. He tends to his Miller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.