Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Nicholas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Herbalist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 29000 sp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Diggory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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 wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp).

Description: He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Ploughman born in the past three hundred years. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.