Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born into a rich family. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered orcs who tried to eat his hand. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He got into the Beggar business at a young age. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 tends to his Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is still thick. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 Guard business.

History: Robert was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Percival grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.