Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop fur cut. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. 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 tends to his Spy job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep silver.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her orange fur, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Windy liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a long, black cloak. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in a small island village. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Kasdeya and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (400 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is typically in his Sellsword uniform. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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 criminal king-pin and mafia 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Black pearl (200 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her beige fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are yellow.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Smoking 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 Smoking. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Jade (70 gp). Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a red suit, black shirt, and tan tie. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Pearl was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.