Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Red garnet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, yellow shirt, and violet tie. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 sp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His childhood dream was to be a Layabout, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and balancing his hectic life and new marshal responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 sp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a violet shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His brown hair is lengthy. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Dayereth hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.