Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 Fletcher. He has worked as a Fletcher like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern woman wears green trousers with red and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naamah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gifted student she started as a Mercenary, but she got bored and became a Armorer. She's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Adventurer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears professional attire. He wears his bronze crest up. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Dazzazn hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Avelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1100 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She has a hunchback. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her first spouse was a Miner, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a grey suit. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Shy, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.