Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black crest is braided into rings. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Rathkran was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Seamstress. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 210 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Agnes's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her white hair is well kept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Birel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Birel has worked very hard to control her curse. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He bought a longbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and 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: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His white hair is braided into rings. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 130 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).