Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Doctor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Barendd was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Fletcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Paelias wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her gold crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Driindar has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Zircon (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.