Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, marred by sweets. His white hair is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: Halimath was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 sp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has auburn hair. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theriatis 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 Theriatis. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (150 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.