Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a Mortician, his father struggled to pay the bills. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man very much looks the part of a Ruler. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has violet eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. 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 Ruler. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1100 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the south to a Scribe, Rael learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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 he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

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 made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 gp.