Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Cressel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'7" when asserting herself. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has worked as a Masseuse like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is physically well-built. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. A gifted student she started as a Butcher, but she got bored and became a Bookbinder. She tends to her Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and scimitars. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Xappan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She carries a battered scythe and tarnished greataxe as well. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Griselda is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Armorer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male wears tattered old clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Foxilon 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in an above average manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Born in the north to a Hunter, Dimble learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is an amazing painter.

History: Curran was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.