Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor, and carries whips. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She usually wears her white robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is brown and very short. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp.