Description: 5'10" and muscular, this southern man wears a fancy brown suit. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Adelard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adelard decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy white hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. He wears his black hair up. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and carries daggers. Her gold crest is knotted and matted. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp).