Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Bertram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 12000 cp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is silver and very short. He has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Miles took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up longbow and armor he uses now. He became a Doctor soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Mayor, his father struggled to pay the bills. Clerebold was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Locksmith. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2300 sp. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Thunderstones. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Dean 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. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Dean was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.