Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his shortbow. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This southern man wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. 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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Geoffrey took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with grey pants. He is physically well-built. He has shaved his head bald. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a Stylist, his father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Rolf hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Performer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 pp.