Description: He is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has moderate length golden hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born in the west. Faran abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a yellow collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Lucan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is purple and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

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 has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.