Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has no crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. 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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2800 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He prefers to wear flannel. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Anthony was raised in a hard working conservative environment. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has worked as a Armorer like his father before him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Kerkad was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kerkad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He wears his auburn hair up. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Layabout they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barkeep, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2900 sp.