Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1900 pp. Hematite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Coral (160 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jade (160 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Coral (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He struck the Armorer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Jade (60 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a green collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 190 pp.