Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is silver and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, William embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Black opal (500 gp).

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Manfred was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. 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: He feels threatened by others; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cory hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cory studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a fisher again

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20000 cp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Gerald wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gerald was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).