Description: A moderately attractive woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black crest is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a great chef.

History: Ortegar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: She wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. Her silver crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is typically in his Navigator uniform. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his brown hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a great chef.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Orryn was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. 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: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp).