Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears black trousers with green and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is chestnut and very short. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His hair is red and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver hair down. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.