Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has no hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: William hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 13000 sp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Buckler. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. A true patriot, Balimaar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born in the west. John was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Marshal. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 7000 sp. Peridot (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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 was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Amber (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large red jacket. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1200 gp.