Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has slicked back red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His purple hair is lengthy. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low and grunting

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

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white crest is greasy and uncared for. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, red cloak. His hair is short and silver. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Faran lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He likes to wear violet tank tops with black pants. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Carter mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student he started as a Soapmaker, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Margery is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Margery was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 sp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is short and chestnut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Vlorn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vlorn studied abroad. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp.