Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; 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: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears a colorful flower in her green crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Furrele was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 pp.