Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 sp. Jet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Soveliss was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with his Courier mother left him crippled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fallond grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Fallond. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To protect his home; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'1". He very much looks the part of a Cartwright, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. His hair is short and red. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Cartwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Good lock.