Description: He is in excellent shape and wears brown trousers with green and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has chestnut hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a crush on the local healer

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Thervan was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).