Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. His blue hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a great chef.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Paymon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Paymon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has red eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ruloth liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, white cloak. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gray eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Tanner like her mother before her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tanner and was forced into it by her family; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 330 gp.