Description: 3'3" and muscular, this western woman wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a longsword on his belt. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears bulky tan painted plate armor. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hadarai studied abroad. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is typically in his Unemployed uniform. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Faral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Smokesticks. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Antitoxin. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old thin voice

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

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has moderate length golden hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bendoo grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Debt, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2300 gp.