Description: This southern woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. A true patriot, Megren would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears dull yellow sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a club and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is portly but not overly obese. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the north to a Beggar, Faral learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An older man who wears a simple green robe with yellow stripes complete with hood, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Unemployed but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Marbas has worked very hard to control his curse. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses like a well dressed Sailor does. His beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jade studied abroad. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and whips. He keeps his blue hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Barakas was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Barakas decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a hunchback. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.