Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. After a long history of fighting, John and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Violet garnet (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tan trousers with red and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is long and unkept. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.