Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He keeps his long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Skirt was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60000 cp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are yellow.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She got into the Ruler business at a young age. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Silent was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair is still thick. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Kallista hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.