Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Kelter was born with his father's beautiful face. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Servant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Armorer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1700 pp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Jade (120 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Jade (140 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante father left him crippled. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing a long, violet cloak. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Thomas was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Knight.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Rose (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Amber (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Chalcedony (40 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. 1 Minor magic item.