Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear tan tank tops with yellow pants. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His hair is silver and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Forcas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born into a rich family. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Gale enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: White pearl (130 gp).