Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10000 cp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 180 pp. Blue sapphire (600 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp).

Description: This western man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his silver hair up. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 120000 cp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Varis 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 Varis. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1600 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 gp.