Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'3" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. A true patriot, Mardred would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He has moderate length silver crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Banker who has hired him part-time. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Heskan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a Banker soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has dyed her greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. She worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Bather has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).