Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 250 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pelt studied abroad. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sellsword hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 90 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Theren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Theren was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and money/treasure

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears professional attire. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Verna 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. Verna 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. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp).