Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and pastel robe with the hood down. He has wavy chestnut hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Cory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Cory alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Cory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. A true patriot, Burgell would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70000 cp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the south to a Spice Merchant, Adrik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 cp. Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.