Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long orange fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has violet eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Bulzo was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 90 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Duvamil grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Duvamil. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is braided into rings. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears professional attire. His beige fur, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the east to a Stableman, Shadow learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Shadow was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Shadow's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a white armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her auburn hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ekk grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ekk. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has wavy chestnut hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Banker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Banker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished dagger as well. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stableman profession.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and to be a stableman again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 900 gp.