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 is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His golden hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is wearing a long, tan cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Lance hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 10000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern man usually wears his black robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Brewer father left him crippled. After a long history of fighting, Anselm and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Hubert reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 sp.