Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by giants. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has taken up work as a Bowyer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gray eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His tied-back hair is golden. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aust is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. He has worked as a Mason like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His tied-back hair is auburn. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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 several months after his father was called into army service. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Citrine (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).