Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2500 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. During his travels, Erevan and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Erevan discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Erevan fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Iolite (60 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Erdan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Erdan was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bookbinder. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 19000 sp. Amethyst (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Hadarai 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. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp).