Description: This man wears brown trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Dworic was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He struck the Slave Trader job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is physically well-built. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in a small island village. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an entirely blue suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a longsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 4'1" southern man, he likes to wear grey tank tops with green pants. He has no hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Emmeline was born the youngest of three triplets. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Althaea's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Seamstress they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Locksmith, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

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

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair is still thick. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. 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: Money/treasure; and 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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Good lock.