Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is knotted and matted. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. He's also a talented Tanner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Blue quartz (16 gp). Rose (20 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. His hair is chestnut and curly. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Rolen abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 13000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Jet (140 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is black and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Gennal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a bow on his belt. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He married young, but lost his spouse to giants. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.