Description: This tall, slender man wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A true patriot, Bertram would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 6 Acid flasks. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A 5'8" eastern man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Norman hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He got into the Stableman business at a young age. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Gerard's homeland. Gerard decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 19000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Courier mother left him crippled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.