Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Torz is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40000 cp. Amber (110 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Great hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Jet (90 gp). Emerald (600 gp).

Description: A 5'6" southern woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Revenge; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

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

Possessions: 2600 gp.