Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has silver eyes.

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. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Nicor hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: She usually wears her black robe and has her hammer always slung over her shoulder. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and ceremonial daggers. She has no crest. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Jezean was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She worked as a nervous Apothecary and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Apothecary for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Damien was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Damien decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man very much looks the part of a Ruler, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and balancing his hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp).