Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Shane was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shane decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. After coming to the age of reason, Dean took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: John hails from a village terrorized by drow. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He bought a sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears white trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Hubert lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.