Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Bethrynna was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and black robe with the hood down. He has moderate length silver hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The war was a terrible time for him, and Justin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 120 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a pastel tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).