Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears green trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His bronze crest is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hirrathak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. Eye agate (5 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Butcher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Kody was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy brown hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. Tawar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Tawar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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

History: Frouse lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Armorer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Slave Trader, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Revenge; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers blue and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'3" when asserting herself. She has wavy brass crest. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Farideh does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Farideh was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her bronze crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This light-skinned male typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'0" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ozyman grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ozyman. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is content; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.