Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black opal (1200 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is long and unkept. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Kyle was taken on many hunting expeditions. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Nirgel was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Unemployed. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Akmen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Unemployed job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 900 pp. Red spinel (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is typically in her Masseuse uniform. Her hair is white and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1700 pp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Sard (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Jade (140 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Don is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Black pearl (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).