Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries halberds. His hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: Ralf was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears just a tan suit. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in the west to a Sellsword, Frederick learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has worked as a Sellsword like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has shaved his head bald. He has green eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. One day when Lance was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Lance was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ruler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp).