Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Silgre speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Silgre 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries a battered club and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. Her red fur is thinning but still full. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Silent took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Silent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a warhammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 sp. White pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Occupation: Cook

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

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears long strands of sapphire and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length green crest. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 Blacksmith. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 110 pp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. The war was a terrible time for him, and Namfoodle does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Namfoodle was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Fargrim abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp).