Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nazû was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nazû has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red spinel (80 gp). Jade (80 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She sports brown long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Ulla speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 cp.