Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Oriel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 28000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears silk and lounges about seductively and is in decent physical shape. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Healer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. At a young age her father died while driving off some dire rats. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in greatsword use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bendoo was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man tends to wear a yellow poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on her left side. She has black hair. She has gray eyes.

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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Now she works as a writing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Holy water.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Chad is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Chad studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Insane. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her tied-back hair is brown. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Bonds: In love, Enemies, Adventurer, Religious, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Amber (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

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

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 Farmer. He struck the Farmer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).