Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long gray fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Tanner

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

Possessions: 6000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a hunchback. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Thomas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a beggar and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). White opal (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Sard (80 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Rose (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy beige fur. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a hunchback. She has moderate length beige fur. Her eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Butcher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Ethereal lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Butcher and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jade (50 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears professional attire. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. After a long history of fighting, Howard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2100 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gilkass was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Gilkass was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Painter. She struck the Painter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2400 pp. Amethyst (70 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.