Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Lance hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A freak accident while working with his Sailor mother left him crippled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Lance was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Sculptor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Kody was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Through the years after Kody was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Kody's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears professional attire, he is not a threatening figure. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.