Description: A 6'3" southern man, he wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Bagga is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His orange fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Miller, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2400 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Chad was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chad decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She stands about 6'2" and wears a fancy green dress. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has styled her red crest well, parting it to the right. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the north to a Armorer, Nala learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Armorer for hire.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. With wild blonde hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Fortune-teller, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Banker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 220 gp. Jet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gifted from a young age, Borgu studied abroad. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and expand his business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp.