Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Moss agate (4 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Amber (120 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a red Stetson hat and red clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Bertram was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Bertram's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. When Mardnab reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Rezena's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: Rezena was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).