Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man wears an entirely blue suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is short and chestnut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small yellow hat.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has no hair. 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 dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Peter alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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: Money/treasure; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is red and very short. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Randal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Randal was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is cut close to his head. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His childhood dream was to be a Miller, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: To be a Miller again; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 sp.