Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Charles hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Charles was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a green vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and balancing his hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Norman was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Norman was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has slicked back chestnut hair. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 20000 cp. 3 Antitoxin.