Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Howard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Nature, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a blue suit. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gold eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Pelaios hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This eastern man wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black fur is greasy and uncared for. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A true patriot, Five would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this eastern man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is blonde and curly. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

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 enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.