Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this eastern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. His crest is black and very short. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'9" when asserting herself. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the south. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 28000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Jade (120 gp). Rose (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Koeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 12th 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 has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: 5'7" and muscular, this southern woman wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. Her head has been shaved. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 110 gp.