Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Engraver business at a young age. His first spouse was a Blacksmith, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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 was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 16000 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson tan hat.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 19th 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local sculptor

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she usually wears her pastel robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. She has moderate length yellow fur. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Hematite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Revenge; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Amber (150 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Coral (150 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her ears are large.

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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Kali 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.