Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large red jacket. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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: Wants his loneliness to end; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Jacinth (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has moderate length red hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 9000 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Jet (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roge isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Adventurer like his mother before him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 7000 sp. Hematite (12 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears just a grey suit, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this northern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.