Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has styled her white crest well, parting it to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. A true patriot, Blendaeth would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Abad was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1100 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a green and black robe with the hood down. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, her father struggled to pay the bills. Purah was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Engraver. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2800 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Coral (100 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Namfoodle was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Namfoodle's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Namfoodle fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.