Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Aerdeth will drive conversation. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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 an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Coral (160 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Raer hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Blacksmith business.

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. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 gp. White opal (1400 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears just a black suit. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Courier but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thamior 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 Thamior. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp).

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).