Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his red hair down. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erdan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Erdan. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Halimath was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

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

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear red tank tops with brown pants. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).