Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is brown and curly. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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-brother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brass crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Peter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Quilla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Thervan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. At a young age his father died while driving off some orcs. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in longbow use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver ewer (70 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Navigator. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 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.