Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dilettante for hire.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp).

Description: Standing 5'11", this man is dressed in an above average manner. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Farmer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Charles embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a Detective first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Gunter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. He has black hair. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.