Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length orange fur. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Art lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 4'3", this man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his auburn hair up. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Servant who has hired him part-time. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of a Herbalist, who enjoyed hunting, Dain was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fancy black suit and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. A freak accident while working with his Cook mother left him crippled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.