Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He has scarlet crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in a small island village. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 900 gp. Amethyst (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of a Bricklayer, who enjoyed hunting, Kody was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Kody was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She has white hair. She has gray eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spy born in the past three hundred years. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 Spy. She tends to her Spy job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2900 sp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in a small island village. Erdan 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. Erdan 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; 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

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp.