Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 sp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has white hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

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. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She struck the Spy job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Quelenna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quelenna studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.