Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available she will default to her shield, and a wedding ring on her left hand. With wild golden hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Rurik was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. He became a Sellsword soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He likes to wear violet tank tops with black pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Carter mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears dull white sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.