Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars, and is pretty ugly. He has silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and carries whips. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Therai was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Therai took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor he uses now. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished lance as well. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He wears his black crest up. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nykkan studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 19000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Caramip will drive conversation. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Caramip lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Blue quartz (13 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a fancy white suit. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the east to a Fortune-teller, Ront learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 80 pp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Tagga was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with her Dilettante mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).