Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has moderate length silver hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, In love, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Sard (50 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Aelar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south to a Spy, Aelar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man tends to wear a large brown jacket. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Carrie grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 sp.