Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a yellow collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Birel was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Cook. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She got into the Cook business at a young age. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10 pp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an entirely brown suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a yellow tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder, and carries scimitars. She has moderate length yellow fur. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Scribe like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She has red hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Gimurt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Recently the stress of being a Server has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her black hair is cut short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Audhild was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Audhild has worked very hard to control her curse. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).