Description: This younger middle-aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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 daughter.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Bonds: In love, Job, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He very much looks the part of a Barber. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Randal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Patrick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Ella hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ella was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (5 gp).