Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His crest is red and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has amber eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

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 an amazing painter.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Being a Soapmaker 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: To get a good night's sleep; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak, and carries greataxes. She has yellow fur. Her eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Skirt hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Skirt liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 sp. Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Beast has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp.