Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, marred by beers. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has golden hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Born in the east to a Sailor, Raer learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Cartwright, his father 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 has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is thinning but still full. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Varis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Varis decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).