Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His crest is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Nykkan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Nykkan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

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 is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Black star sapphire (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: This malnourished man dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with white slacks. His white crest is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pandjed was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 13th 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the south to a Architect, Balam learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 150 gp.