Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white hair is braided into rings. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Barakas will drive conversation. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 13th 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 was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'6", this woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by her family; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 gp. Malachite (8 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His golden hair is long and unkept. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Carter, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.