Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is blonde and very short. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Alexandre has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. His childhood dream was to be a Armorer, but he was a colossal failure. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is lengthy. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Richard's homeland. Richard decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Adelard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He uses divination through singing.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).