Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a very tight haircut. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Adelard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Rolf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Cook. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Moss agate (8 gp).

Description: A 5'0" northern man, he tends to wear a large blue jacket. His silver hair is cut short. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Gerard took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp.