Description: An older woman who is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on her left side, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: Revenge; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 9000 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His hair is brown and very short. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Malachite (13 gp).

Description: She is typically in her Engraver uniform. She carries with her a set of lances on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her red hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blue crest is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Baradad grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Baradad took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1700 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.