Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Gildmak hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His rusty crest is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Merla was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Beiro was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Beiro and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She has wavy black hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Hunter. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Hunter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who usually wears his black robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. His crest is red and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.