Description: He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has styled his beige fur well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Skirt was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Skirt decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (120 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Abalaba grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Shipwright mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He has no hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He struck the Stylist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'8". She wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 190 gp.