Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Zircon (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with yellow slacks. He wears his black hair up. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dustin will drive conversation. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Dustin was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Unemployed, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a long, grey cloak and is in decent physical shape. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Tailor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Roland enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tailor.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and yellow pants. His red hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 Navigator. He became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A true patriot, Balimaar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.