Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely brown suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in a small forest village. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving William alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Trym was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Trym abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a blue tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 south. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ralf never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and many giants want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'2". He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Alex lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Mundane, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Military, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (90 gp). Rose (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).