Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a hunchback. His purple hair is knotted and matted. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his father struggled to pay the bills. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Smokesticks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Standing 3'10", this woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balifra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She struck the Cook job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 pp.

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 generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born in a small island village. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Myria and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp.