Description: This northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aerdeth was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shipwright. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Jet (140 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Zircon (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears professional attire. His hair is brown and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Farmer.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jade (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears bulky black painted plate armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Berrian will drive conversation. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Berrian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Berrian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.