Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is thinning but still full. He has green eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp. Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear black tank tops with green pants. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. A true patriot, Gilbert would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Gilbert was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student he started as a Architect, but he got bored and became a Healer. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Gilbert was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local bellfounder

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a husky man, who likes to wear black tank tops with blue pants. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a Server, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Cynical, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His head has been shaved. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dean studied abroad. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.