Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. His head has been shaved. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" northern man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Through the years after Rolen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Rolen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Arannis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Moss agate (7 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.