Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Nim enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He got into the Marshal business at a young age. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He tends to his Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Hematite (13 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Vanuath 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 290 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood, marred by sweets. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. He is portly but not overly obese. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Lucan hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).