Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Mason uniform. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Lance was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His red hair is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Farmer business.

History: Hunter was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Amber (140 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is cut short. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.