Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and blue pants, and is pretty ugly. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Solomon has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Silk rope.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fancy grey suit. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Stableman who has hired him part-time. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Bernard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 13000 sp. Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a simple pastel robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp).