Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His blonde hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Travok is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north to a Cook, Travok learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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 parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. William 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 William. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tailor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alex embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Alex was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Alex decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Tailor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Forcas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Borun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.