Description: This northern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is still thick. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: To protect his home; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He's also a talented Roofer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. He has shaved his head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Bernard was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2600 sp. Hematite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This late middle aged man wears professional attire and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp).