Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is silver and very short. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mortician. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has moderate length red hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Efferil was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miller responsibilities is difficult; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 sp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Banded agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears a fancy brown suit. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Vanuath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Vanuath was born with his mother's beautiful face. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a grey vest and prefers yellow and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sculptor. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Vanuath abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Simple lock. 1 Superior lock. 1 Simple lock.