Description: 4'10" and muscular, this northern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Heian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the south to a Miller, Heian learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears his golden hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ploughman who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 sp. Hematite (4 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a longbow on his belt. His hair is chestnut and very short. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

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. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.