Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Roger is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Roger hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When Roger reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She keeps her long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a axe on her belt. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Elegant was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. 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: Further expansion of business; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Senteq was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Senteq was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Senteq decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has worked as a Brewer like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished dagger as well. Her hair is purple and curly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 130 gp.