Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is an amazing painter.

History: Aerdeth hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20000 sp. Banded agate (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His silver hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 14000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp).

Description: He wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. He carries a battered bow and tarnished sai as well. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He got into the Scribe business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Scribe. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'1" and prefers to wear flannel. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His white hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mortician. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Healer father left him crippled. He became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2100 gp.