Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Everard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears just a red suit. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Paela was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a red collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Watson fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Bhevek lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch.