Description: This dark-skinned male dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 pp. Onyx (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Carrie's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Malachite (14 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dreali 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 Dreali. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and 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

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears his blonde hair up. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aerdeth is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Barber profession.

History: Aerdeth hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Farmer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Farmer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thervan was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Coral (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.