Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rurik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rurik was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. Coral (90 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He takes great joy in being the best Butcher in town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Adventurer, but he got bored and became a Butcher. He tends to his Butcher job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is short and white. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.