Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

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. Through the years after Ratlûg was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ratlûg's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 28000 sp.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ruler. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Baradad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has worked as a Ruler like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Sailor uniform. He wears a colorful flower in his rusty crest. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sailor. He tends to his Sailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Sard (70 gp). Coral (140 gp).