Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is golden and very short. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Erdan hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Erdan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Erdan decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a grey collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. 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 was raised in a mountains tribe. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 Cook. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has wavy brown hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Coral (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Jade (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Coral (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.