Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Rose (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has wavy black hair. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a Bowyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Performer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp.