Description: This man wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His first spouse was a Mortician, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has worked as a Mercenary like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to be a mortician again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has no hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 32000 sp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Hematite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Expand his business; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.