Description: This northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is white and curly. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver ewer (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad pastel hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

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 mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who usually wears his black robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Carrie was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 9000 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mercenary. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the south to a Mercenary, Aust learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 280 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).