Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Roland was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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 east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an entirely tan suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a shoemaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a brown suit. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Roland is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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: To end his boredom; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.