Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Body Guard does. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has worked as a Body Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He got into the Masseuse business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. After a long history of fighting, Roger and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: Jocelyn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: This man wears a white small hat and white clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aldous 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. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aldous never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.