Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Tanner. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the east to a Tanner, Helja learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'9" and prefers to wear flannel. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the north to a Masseuse, Neega learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gilbert embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west. Gilbert was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Courier. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her white eyes.

Personality: Astaro wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Astaro was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sculptor who has hired him part-time. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He got into the Sculptor business at a young age. 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 Sculptor. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Has a crush, Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10 pp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Amber (110 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags. 3 Antitoxin. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Interpreter does, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. His yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40000 sp.