Description: She wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. She has wavy silver hair. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Dara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Dara was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dara's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: Kithri was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

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 is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 17th 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is short and silver. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the south to a Sage, Philomena learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears tan trousers with blue and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 sp.