Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy tan pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Full Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Standing 5'8", this woman wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Margery was born the youngest of three triplets. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Randal is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Randal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 sp. Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Full Plate.