Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears professional attire. His hair is black and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Rimmon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is content

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Navigator 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: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black shirt, with a red mid length shorts with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His crest is gold and curly. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Conrad 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 Conrad. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a brown shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. At some point she was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp. Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: He wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a great chef.

History: She was born into a rich family. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Cook does. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sardonyx (60 gp).