Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has a hunchback. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Ernest was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ernest abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Smokesticks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This tall, slender man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his auburn hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a Sellsword first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Sellsword and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sellsword responsibilities is difficult; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp).

Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nicholas isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. 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. Nicholas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses like a well dressed Farmer does. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and balancing his hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp.