Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'7" and wears a white vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has wavy black hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Zog was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He has wavy chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She has no hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Ranala was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ranala's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Being a Sage kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 32000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears bulky pastel painted plate armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her gray fur is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Dynamic is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp).