Description: This tall, slender woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She found a children's book about a Gnome Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a tattooed face.

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

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. 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 tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She takes great joy in being the best Bather in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A freak accident while working with her Herbalist mother left her crippled. Recently the stress of being a Bather has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 18000 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the east to a Tailor, Dimble learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Bûth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cloak grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Cloak never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has red crest. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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 at the edge of vast plains. 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 north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Mortician, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: In love, Rich, Family, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 sp. Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. Her hair is silver and curly. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Nija hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nija has worked very hard to control her curse. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Nija was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.