Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Antitoxin. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black crest is singed and shortened. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Shedinn was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed yellow hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 pp. Iolite (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: She usually wears her grey robe and has her falchion always slung over her shoulder. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and scythes. She has slicked back silver hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vicky grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vicky. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants revenge against drow

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His cinnamon fur is long and unkept. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. After a long history of fighting, Barakas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is typically in her Actor uniform. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a violet vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.