Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Priest arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A 5'11" northern man, he wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Adelard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

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. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Manfred has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Nicholas was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.