Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a Mortician, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She became a Ruler soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his sai. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a great chef.

History: He was born into a rich family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. Her orange fur is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Elegant was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and likes to wear tan tank tops with green skirt. Her silver hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Chaedi was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Chaedi and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her brown fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Calcitro was born with his mother's beautiful face. Calcitro 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. Calcitro 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. Being a Roofer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sai, just in case. Her red hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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

History: Tawar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Tawar was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Banker. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Skirt was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Bloodstone (80 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).