Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his blonde hair down. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Lance was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Chad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has worked as a Map Maker like his father before him.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'0" and wears a black vest and prefers brown and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Arnold is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has achieved small success as a Masseuse.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.