Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt, and carries nunchakus. She has slicked back auburn hair. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2100 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Layabout who has hired her part-time. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Layabout business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she is content

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nelkin was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a black shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has wavy copper crest. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.