Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gilbert was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Ranger, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Ranger in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, William and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Assassin born in the past three hundred years. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.