Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Gifted from a young age, Flask studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Flask took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Flask and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His white fur is knotted and matted. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Quick was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Quick decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Unemployed kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 230 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her fur is brown and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'1". She wears a violet collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mary studied abroad. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.