Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a grey tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has moderate length golden hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Diesa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 pp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, 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 moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: He was born in a small island village. A freak accident while working with his Map Maker father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Sard (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Peridot (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dull tan sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bow, just in case. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Cockaby was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Cockaby and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (60 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His beige fur is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gale was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'4" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Valanthe studied abroad. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and red robe with the hood down. She has moderate length yellow fur. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Skirt lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.