Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Tanner business.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Slave, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. 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 is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Dean enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently the stress of being a Layabout has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 78. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to drow.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this eastern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. 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 hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Conrad studied abroad. Ostracized due to the druidic 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 was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.