Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears long strands of topaz and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His red hair is still thick. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 cp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. His black hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the west to a Soapmaker, Gerard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a scythe on his belt, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Charles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His black hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fortune-teller business.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Trym has worked very hard to control his curse. 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's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 14000 cp.