Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has moderate length brown hair. She has hazel eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His orange fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Shivering lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shivering alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Jet (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Tordek hails from a village terrorized by giants. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 210 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 80 gp.