Description: This tall, slender man is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He sports a flattop hair cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Frederick learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Acid flasks. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and black tie. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an entirely yellow suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. Bertram enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Thomas is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thomas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thomas. 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 a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Armorer for hire.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp.