Description: He is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Heian is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Heian has worked very hard to control his curse. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her yellow fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Beast was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her crest is bronze and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She got into the Banker business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Banker soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His fur is white and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Cask was born the youngest of three triplets. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He usually wears his tan robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small island village. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Family, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 88. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Azza grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: In love, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Uzza was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 130 gp.