Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears his chestnut hair down. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Sapply abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Naamah was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Butcher. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 cp. Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cressel grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Cressel. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She's also a talented Barrister, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a barrister again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf. She has white hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spy. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.