Description: 5'8" and muscular, this western man wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his black hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: An older man who prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He takes great joy in being the best Miner in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with his Mortician mother left him crippled. He has worked as a Miner like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Healer. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eggren grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 220 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Trynnicus was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Sard (20 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He has moderate length blonde hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Rrath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.