Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gray eyes and a tan hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hunter was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'8" and is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in the west. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, 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 long red hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.