Description: This exceptionally lanky man is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and grey tie. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a Merchant, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a Apothecary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His white hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Gorfel wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He takes great joy in being the best Doctor in town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: This western man is dressed in an above average manner. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a Seamstress, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

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

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is still thick. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Semyaza was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.