Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and usually wears his black robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the east. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and pastel robe with the hood down. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His yellow fur is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2900 sp. White pearl (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is chestnut and curly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Manfred hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.