Description: A moderately attractive man, he is typically in his Courier uniform. His hair is red and very short. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Richard was born with his father's beautiful face. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Nordak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1800 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His first spouse was a Shipwright, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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 into a rich family. 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is typically in his Cartwright uniform. His red hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alexandre studied abroad. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and black robe with the hood down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her orange fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Kite speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the north. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His lavender fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miller born in the past three hundred years. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's also a talented Tailor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Maegan lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Beggar. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.