Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Charles was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: Amnon was born with his father's beautiful face. Amnon 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. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Coral (160 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his rapier always slung over his shoulder. He has moderate length golden hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 Elf in existence. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Uthemar grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 15th 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Antitoxin. 4 Holy water. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear blue tank tops with black pants. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Ratlûg took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.