Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, red cloak. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His ears are large.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Ugarth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A freak accident while working with his Locksmith mother left him crippled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a locksmith again

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Coral (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Feldûsh hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished greataxe as well. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 350 gp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a white small hat and white clothes. His hair is short and silver. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp.