Description: An older man who wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, he is not a threatening figure. He has shaved his head bald. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a violet costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has violet eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Emeny was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Emeny was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Hunter. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She takes great joy in being the best Unemployed in town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She worked as a nervous Unemployed and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Ghûra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Thunderstones.