Description: She wears dull tan sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Ranala and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her hair is short and golden. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A freak accident while working with her Beggar father left her crippled. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man is typically in his Ruler uniform. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Ruler. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He became a Ruler soon after.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bricklayer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is brown and curly. He has a tattooed face.

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 has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. After coming to the age of reason, Yurk took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 280 gp.