Description: This slender man stands about 4'7". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His blonde hair is still thick. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the west. Through the years after Berrian was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Berrian's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'8" western man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Galinndan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is dressed in earthy colors with a red and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 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 (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the north to a Painter, Erevan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: To be a Doctor again; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is typically in his Painter uniform. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Raer was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 360 pp.