Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mantus grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She worked as a nervous Healer and found it very stressful. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Pog was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a Jeweler, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again; and balancing her hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black fur is singed and shortened. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is an epitome of beauty. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Eloise was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a mayor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp.

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: This younger middle-aged woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Kadana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Mortician. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Coral (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. Her long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 240 pp. Red garnet (160 gp).