Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He wears his auburn hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is silver and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Eiravel was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by chocolates. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He comes from a rich western 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 Beggar. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a tan costume with the symbols of his god on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Pink diamond (2000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.