Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple grey robe with green stripes complete with hood. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Valida embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Panana was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Bernard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Hunter father left him crippled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Ûkbûk was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ûkbûk was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sailor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Helen abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'4" when asserting herself. Her head has been shaved. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Reddlepop is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a green vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His bronze crest is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by drow and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 270 pp.