Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is an amazing painter.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is cut short. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is blonde and curly. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Vanuath lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and doesn't want to be a architect and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Philantrophist, Athletic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).