Description: This slender man stands about 4'7". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Halimath's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Being a Courier kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Animal Trainer profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He tends to his Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Rolen abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 16000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Riardon grew up listening to his father's many stories. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1200 gp.