Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is blonde and curly. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving John alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His hair is silver and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Solomon has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He usually wears his white robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Bernard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bernard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is typically in his Barrister uniform. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A gifted student he started as a Seamstress, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He tends to his Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).