Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with green slacks. He has a very tight haircut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is cut short. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 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: Many goblins want him driven away; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Halimath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 Ruler. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 pp. Eye agate (15 gp). Coral (130 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).