Description: This western woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a sculptor and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His crest is white and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His hair is black and curly. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Tomi was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (15 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his monstrous two handed axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Bathin was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Tailor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kallista was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 130 pp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.