Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 29000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This dark-skinned male does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has green eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Roland is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Roland 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Simon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. 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: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.