Description: Standing 4'5", this man wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is short and silver. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sore throat, cough

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

Description: This woman wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: Egelina 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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Egelina was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. Sard (60 gp).

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Silgre grew up listening to her father's many stories. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Silgre has worked very hard to control her curse. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ownka studied abroad. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her ears are large.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Unvera studied abroad. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man usually wears his pastel robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a colorful flower in his gray fur. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).