Description: This man stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears just a black suit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has no hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

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. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He very much looks the part of a Body Guard. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his auburn hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries shields. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gunter lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Gunter took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is golden and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Brewer business.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.