Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Standing 2'11", this man dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: Standing 4'8", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her beige fur is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cask grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Cask. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. His silver hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: He was born in the south. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp.