Description: Standing 6'10", this man wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has brown hair. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Merihim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a kukri on his belt, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. A true patriot, Boddynock would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Boddynock was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Aldous 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

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. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 220 gp.