Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and green pants. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Varis 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. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Roofer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his flail. He has a hunchback. He has a very tight haircut. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple green robe with red stripes complete with hood. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Aust was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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: To protect his home; and balancing his hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jet (90 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.