Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His fur is beige and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born in the east. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears an entirely grey suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and red robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gerard was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sword on his belt, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Naeris lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.