Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adelard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. A freak accident while working with his Shepherd father left him crippled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a large black jacket. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ralf embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers green and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mayor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.