Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the north. In his 12th 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black shirt with thin red vertical stripes and tan pants. His golden hair is lengthy. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

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. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this southern man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is long and unkept. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Fivin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jade (90 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.