Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the east. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Solid gold idol (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'9" and prefers to wear flannel. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his black hair down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shane fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Adelard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with his Banker mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 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 has the majority of his body covered in plate. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

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. A true patriot, Thomas would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.