Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shane studied abroad. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30000 sp. Moss agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Alexandre was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Amber (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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 got into the Courier business at a young age. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.