Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Nicholas was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Sard (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His hair is silver and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Heward was born with his mother's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has a crush on the local beggar

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. The war was a terrible time for him, and Chad does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.