Description: This late middle aged man wears a pastel shirt with thin white vertical stripes and green pants and is in decent physical shape. His orange fur is long and unkept. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quick hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Eye agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jade (140 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Amber (120 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Coral (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Beggar but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Veit was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Her blonde hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Susannah reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Susannah 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 she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Banded agate (14 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Sard (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is black and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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 is greedy; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, In love, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Coral (60 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jade (60 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She wears her golden hair up. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 11000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Coral (80 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.