Description: This western man wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his black hair down. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a violet shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Aelar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Aelar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is golden and curly. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: He is greedy; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Suhnae was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.