Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After a long history of fighting, Alex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 70 gp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Erdan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Miner business at a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Jasper (60 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a violet wide-brimmed hat and violet clothes. With wild silver hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is knotted and matted. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Thoradin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).