Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Merchant business.

History: Agnes hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her fur is white and curly. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shifting embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Shifting was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is auburn and curly. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Amber (90 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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 father was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Red spinel (110 gp).