Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, yellow shirt, and grey tie. He is physically well-built. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Roland is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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 loving parents in a slum to the north. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Roland has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a stableman again

Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his sword. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a green shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. He has a hunchback. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.