Description: This tall, slender man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. 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. Naeris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). White opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Halimath has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp).