Description: He is in excellent shape and has the majority of his body covered in plate. He sports a flattop hair cut. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rolen was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair is black and very short. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Ahvain 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Barkeep; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Heian was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70000 cp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Fivin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2100 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Coral (150 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).