Description: He is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Aelar was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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 he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. Quarion liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2300 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise blue.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vanuath studied abroad. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Vanuath was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He very much looks the part of a Shoemaker. His golden hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.