Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears a simple violet robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. Amethyst (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western man typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp.