Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving John alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 190 pp. Citrine (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Amber (90 gp). Hematite (8 gp).

Description: An older man who has the majority of his body covered in plate, he is not a threatening figure. His long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the south. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'10" and muscular, this southern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair is cut short. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a great chef.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp.