Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length black hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bernard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Ernest took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shield and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to protect his home

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 4000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp).