Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by orcs. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 9000 cp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Jet (90 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and is pretty ugly. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has slicked back silver hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting dire rats, the young Audhild began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great joy in being the best Sellsword in town.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp.