Description: He stands about 5'3" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has achieved small success as a Glassblower.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Malachite (4 gp). 1 Average lock. 1 Good lock. 1 Small steel mirror.

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 tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 sp. Emerald (400 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished rapier as well. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).