Description: He stands about 5'4" and is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ernest 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. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ernest has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. After a long history of fighting, Jocelyn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Thunderstones. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 26000 sp. Red spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gerald will drive conversation. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gerald is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. After coming to the age of reason, Bernard 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. He tends to his Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).