Description: Standing 4'2", this man wears just a brown suit. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rurik fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This man tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He has dyed his greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Baz has worked very hard to control his curse. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her tied-back hair is silver. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. The war was a terrible time for her, and Agnes does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Agnes was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.