Description: An older woman who wears long strands of sapphire and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her silver hair down. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He wears brown trousers with pastel and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is braided into rings. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nikki alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 26000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His black hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ruler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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 a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 cp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his golden hair down. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. Being a Merchant 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Traubon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ploughman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a ploughman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Religious, Family, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1800 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She is typically in her Blacksmith uniform. She sports red long hair. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Jeweler, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Jeweler, but she was a colossal failure. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Engong abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 700 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp).