Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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 born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is blonde and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. A true patriot, Gilbert would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gilbert has worked very hard to control his curse. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Amethyst (70 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cartwright profession.

History: Born to a Cartwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Cartwright, but he got bored and became a Tanner. He tends to his Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Rose (30 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Architect, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 27000 sp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, green shirt, and yellow tie. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Don speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).