Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born into a rich family. Watson abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a fancy tan suit. His white hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Sindri enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sindri studied abroad. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Seamstress. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Heather is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 130 gp.