Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3200 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 Apothecary. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Gaaki learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Gaaki took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up flail and armor she uses now. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: A 6'7" northern man, he wears dull black sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Direcris was born with his mother's beautiful face. Direcris 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. Direcris decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She wears her red fur down. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp).