Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western man wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kothûg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is blonde and curly. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and usually wears his brown robe and has his glaive always slung over his shoulder. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Blacksmith, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 4 Smokesticks.