Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. The war was a terrible time for him, and Naal 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 several months after his father was called into army service. When Naal reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Naal never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His hair is short and red. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Cartwright mother left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Coral (160 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rose (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sard (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.