Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears professional attire. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: White pearl (50 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she usually wears her black robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is wavy and long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Arha was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with her Fletcher mother left her crippled. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Luthra wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Rogue, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of a Navigator, who enjoyed hunting, Luthra was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this southern man usually wears his red robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Thorpe never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Guardian, Military, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Hatae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Audhild learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Layabout has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 80 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears his black fur down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Ethereal was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ethereal's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Ilde was born with her father's beautiful face. Her childhood dream was to be a Bookbinder, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Half-Plate.