Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears professional attire. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gimble grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gimble. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp. Malachite (10 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a axe on her belt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Lilith was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cressel wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder father left him crippled. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp.