Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is long and unkept. He has gold eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is typically in her Navigator uniform. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Hatae lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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 money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate.