Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. He has dyed his greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Stylist, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his red crest down. He has gold eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Nykkan took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up sword and armor he uses now. After a long history of fighting, Nykkan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 190 pp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1800 sp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nicholas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Nicholas was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nicholas was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.