Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a halberd on her belt. She keeps her long black fur kept up in a rat tail. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. The war was a terrible time for her, and Shifting does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

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

Possessions: 1700 gp. Black pearl (800 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in the west to a Masseuse, Werydd learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He dresses like a well dressed Ruler does. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are black.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 12. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has worked as a Ruler like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp.