Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has wavy blonde hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vanuath grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 280 pp. Amethyst (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3200 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His tied-back hair is auburn. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2300 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 Banker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.