Description: This woman has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Volen hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is well kept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Shautha liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Shautha and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bellfounder business.

History: Chad hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 130 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'1". He wears baggy red pantaloons and a tan scarf. His white hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Hobart learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his youth he was a Guard, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man likes to wear brown tank tops with grey pants. His red fur is still thick. His copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Animal Trainer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His fur is yellow and curly. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Cask was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Cask never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

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

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Thodris liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 50 pp.