Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 38000 sp. Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This woman wears a tan collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Through the years after Heskan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heskan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.