Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Theren was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Varis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.