Description: This eastern man is wearing a long, pastel cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a Shepherd, his father struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Erdan was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

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

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He likes to wear yellow tank tops with black pants. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Gennal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Gennal 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is wearing a long, black cloak, marred by beers. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a worn and beaten armor, marred by teas. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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 mother. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2400 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. The war was a terrible time for him, and Berrian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.