Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the north to a Miner, Simon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

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

Possessions: 7000 cp. Malachite (5 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his red hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ernest grew up listening to his father's many stories. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has moderate length black hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also hits on men, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Conrad liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 50 pp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Banker, but he got bored and became a Stableman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Coral (150 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a fancy red suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).