Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. 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 loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Soapmaker. He became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a sai on his belt. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).