Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ruler and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His black hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tan shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gerald was born the youngest of three triplets. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'8". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and her gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Emmeline was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bellfounder, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.