Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His black crest is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. Being a Blacksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". She wears bulky white painted plate armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chenna grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Chenna. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jade (100 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Flak hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.