Description: 4'7" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Chaedi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears bulky black painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Kansif was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Kansif was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

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

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he likes to wear red tank tops with yellow pants. He has moderate length golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Darrow hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. He keeps his cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt.