Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His tied-back hair is golden. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Gardener. He tends to his Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Optimist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow vest and prefers white and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Dyer. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Suhnae alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Suhnae was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).