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 is very fat, and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tattered old clothes. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Shane took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Black pearl (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear flannel. His hair is cut close to his head. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Richard was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.