Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair is cut short. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Virra was taken on many hunting expeditions. Virra was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Virra decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Dyer 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: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears grey trousers with black and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She struck the Herbalist job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case. She has no hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1600 sp. Iolite (60 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Malachite (9 gp).