Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His green crest is matted, messy, and big. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Butcher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Ilde lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has worked as a Butcher like her father before her.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His green crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the south to a Fisher, Heskan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fisher. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Standing 2'9", this woman is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her beige fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 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. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished greataxe as well. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 9000 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. His crest is scarlet and curly. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This southern man wears brown trousers with tan and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown fur is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Junk Dealer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a falchion and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).