Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished hand crossbow as well. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tim studied abroad. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Jocelyn has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He has green eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.