Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears long strands of jet and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears his brass crest up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ghesh is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Ghesh hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Hematite (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned male wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Wiggens 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. Wiggens decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Coral (40 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His fur is white and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Cloak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Carter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Coral (50 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.