Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a brown shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and grey pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Fibblestib learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He has worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears long strands of emerald and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Feng was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Feng decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired him part-time. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Half-Plate.