Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears baggy red pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is an amazing painter.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Nim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 22000 sp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His black hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Naill does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Naill lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Navigator. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has no hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Barrister, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Rael 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. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 sp. Black pearl (800 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.