Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and carries scimitars. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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 south to a Tanner, Halimath learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At a young age his father died while driving off some brigands. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in scimitar use. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her blonde hair is cut short. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ahlyssa was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and human compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Dyer does. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his dark red hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Astar will drive conversation. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Astar studied abroad. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 13000 cp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a red vest and prefers grey and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shipwright born in the past three hundred years. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.