Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his red hair down. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born into a rich family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Justin's homeland. Justin decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is an epitome of beauty. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Sarah was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Sarah was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Layabout. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Dondon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Tailor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is lengthy. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a Healer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 tends to his Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To protect his home; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Debt, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Superior lock.

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (140 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Avice speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fancy black suit. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Azzakh was born the youngest of three triplets. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 pp.