Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His white hair is still thick. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his 17th 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 used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2300 sp. Jade (160 gp). 1 Crowbar. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: An older man who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barkeep work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barkeep work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. He carries a battered bow and tarnished pickaxe as well. His red hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his youth he was a Stableman, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large blue jacket. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Raymond was taken on many hunting expeditions. Raymond liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.