Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has moderate length dark red hair. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cressel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3100 sp. White pearl (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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 son.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dimble studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Dimble took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: This man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired him part-time. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Justin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Justin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He's in love.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does, and carries longbows. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Barber, but she got bored and became a Blacksmith. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white fur is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Jade was born the youngest of three triplets. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her brown hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.