Description: An older man who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, marred by teas. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Shipwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Healer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a red scarf. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is brown. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Ratbag hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ratbag grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ratbag. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Guy lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is black and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3100 sp.