Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His orange fur is braided into rings. His copper eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Shadow was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Sard (30 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: A 6'1" western woman, she wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

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. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Ilga was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His gold crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Adrex was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Weaver. He has worked as a Weaver like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Orthog was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Rose (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a worn and beaten armor. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Sindri was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

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

Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Solid gold idol (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.