Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black crest is braided into rings. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Rathkran was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Seamstress. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her orange fur is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Ploughman business.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 210 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Agnes's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her white hair is well kept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Birel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Birel has worked very hard to control her curse. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Good lock.