Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Anselm alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ralf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Fisher, but he got bored and became a Shipwright. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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 wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Aldous enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Guard job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Dean was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Holy water. 1 Holy water.