Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cora is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A true patriot, Dûgz would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).