Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 4 Antitoxin. 4 Antitoxin. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe, and carries spears. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kody was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Bowyer and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Bowyer like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. He wears his blonde hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Randal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the east to a Guard, Heward learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Jade (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His black hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Butcher like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.