Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly warhammers and flails. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Being a Tailor kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1300 gp.

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. His hair is black and very short. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miner business.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black crest. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mehen will drive conversation. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Mehen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Body Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Shane enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1600 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is physically well-built. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Cook, but she got bored and became a Map Maker. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Secretive, Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears bulky white painted plate armor. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Dharg hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Dharg was born the youngest of three triplets. Through the years after Dharg was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dharg's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Apothecary, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of a Engraver, who enjoyed hunting, Jaxi was taken on many hunting expeditions. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has moderate length black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.