Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He wears tan trousers with violet and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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, Frouse is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 19000 sp. Tourmaline (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. He keeps his brown fur in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Five is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a weaver again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 28000 sp. Amber (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30 pp. Deep green spinel (140 gp).