Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: John hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a yellow vest and prefers violet and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was a Gardener, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was taken from his home at a very young age. 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: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 280 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. His hair is black and curly. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 130 gp.