Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 240 pp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries with him a set of glaives, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has shaved his head bald. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Berrian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He bought a glaive and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Amber (40 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his black hair down. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving A true patriot, Rael would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).