Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Map Maker who has hired her part-time. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. She's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp. Coral (160 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and blue robe with the hood down. Her red fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a green and blue robe with the hood down. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 350 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: This woman is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is black and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to protect her home

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 sp.