Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: Mordai is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in an above average manner. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

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. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Ar-Karo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'1" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. She became a Fortune-teller soon after.

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

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a fancy black dress. Her white crest is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a blue scarf. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Balimaar was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Balimaar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson brown hat.

Personality: She is a Tailor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 Tailor. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new tailor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

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

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Bendoo lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.