Description: This man wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Shane is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Shane 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. Shane 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 worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Ulla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ulla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Apothecary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 290 pp. Banded agate (8 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.