Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Xappan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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. Xappan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears black trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his black hair up. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 28000 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and brown tie. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Traubon was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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 expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.