Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Dean enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Geva was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Expand her business; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a grey vest and prefers white and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.