Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Virra hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Through the years after Virra was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Virra's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Virra was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears black trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Engong enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Engong was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Naal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. After a long history of fighting, Naal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Patrick isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp.