Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is black and very short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Ratak liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He tends to his Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an entirely blue suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is red and very short. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She carries with her a set of daggers on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She wears her lavender fur down. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her copper eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). White opal (400 gp). Rose (20 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Coral (120 gp). Sard (20 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'11" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has violet eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: She wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her red fur in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Guard mother left her crippled. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Racist, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (30 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.