Description: This tall, slender man wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gifted from a young age, Robert studied abroad. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bather for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his trident, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Arnold speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Navigator, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears a red tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.