Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are black.

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. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a violet collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gomory is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born to a Bather, her mother struggled to pay the bills. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Criella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a green broad hat and green clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.