Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His tied-back hair is golden. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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 comes from a rich northern family. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old 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: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has slicked back red hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Helen was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He has wavy black hair. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Tim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.