Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her scarlet crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

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 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west to a Priest, Merla learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Pandjed lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dilettante and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He has amber eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.