Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has moderate length black hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rolf is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 sp. Black pearl (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born in the north. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).