Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. The war was a terrible time for her, and Fistula does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Fistula lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Performer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Farmer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bow, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Marbas was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Body Guard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Donaar was taken on many hunting expeditions. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Soapmaker. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Yebe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Yebe grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Red spinel (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his whip, and carries whips. His hair is short and golden. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 gp. Jade (140 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is portly but not overly obese. His beige fur is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a yellow shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. With wild silver 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 is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Silaqui was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His purple hair is still thick. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.