Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a violet tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Nutae enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Painter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).