Description: This malnourished man dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Varis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a sai and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 150 pp. Jade (90 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1300 gp. Sard (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'8" northern man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naeris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears brown trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Raer was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Raer grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Raer. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Chalcedony (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.