Description: This man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

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 worked as a nervous Laborer and found it very stressful. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear violet tank tops with brown pants. He has wavy auburn hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. 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, Norman is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is short and blonde. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.