Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a red scarf. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Lance was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Solomon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Heward is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rose (50 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Superior lock. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is typically in his Sailor uniform. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has worked as a Sailor like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.