Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, red shirt, and blue tie. He is portly but not overly obese. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is an amazing painter.

History: Raer hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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 many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 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 white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available he will default to his longsword. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Aerdeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the west. Aerdeth was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fisher. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mayor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His tied-back hair is red. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Gennal has worked very hard to control his curse. He struck the Mayor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is dressed in an above average manner. His auburn hair is lengthy. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bowyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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 to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. Jet (60 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Sard (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).