Description: She is a husky woman, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. The war was a terrible time for her, and Thiala does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Thiala was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears bulky red painted plate armor. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Pikar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. During his travels, Pikar and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Pikar discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Pikar fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: A 6'7" southern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Cask is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.