Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She has white eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his black fur down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large black jacket. His green crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the north to a Fisher, Kerkad learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fisher. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He bought a sickle and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This woman wears just a tan suit. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears just a black suit. She wears her silver hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Armorer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 290 pp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is black and very short. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Being a Laborer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shoemaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a shoemaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 28000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.