Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Conrad lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 17000 cp. Coral (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are green and beady.

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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Mortician, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes, and is pretty ugly. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Bernard was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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 is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp.