Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her fur, while still mostly yellow, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Shava was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a red coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants. He has wavy blonde hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 380 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: 4'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student she started as a Engraver, but she got bored and became a Sculptor. She became a Sculptor soon after.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Erias was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Erias decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She wears her black hair up. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Bethrynna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bethrynna was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Courier. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is physically well-built. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Jacoba was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.