Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Berrian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The war was a terrible time for him, and Berrian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Berrian was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Berrian 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; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the north to a Layabout, Ahvain learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

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 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: Eiravel was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Coral (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.