Description: Standing 6'5", this man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black fur is unkempt and raggedy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Cook mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her auburn hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 pp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Alice was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Map Maker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Shane is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the east to a Herbalist, Shane learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tattered old clothes. Her black crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Blue quartz (10 gp).