Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Alvyn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Alvyn was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 38000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She has brown hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Syllin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard mother left her crippled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Syllin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Forcas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Forcas. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Barkeep but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is short and blonde. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the south. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Terse, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His fur is beige and curly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1300 gp. Sard (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp).