Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull violet iron scale mail. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Barber, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Adam was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Body Guard. After a long history of fighting, Adam and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has shaved his head bald. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). White opal (500 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp.