Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is red and curly. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Carrie was born with his father's beautiful face. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Carter. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. Dayereth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dayereth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).