Description: He is scrawny and has patchy beige fur. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has a hunchback. His beige fur is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A freak accident while working with his Miller father left him crippled. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mason arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has shaved his head bald. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Arnold and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her hair is short and red. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Sard (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Coral (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 14000 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Claira was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 pp.