Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His hair is blonde and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Taklinn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He struck the Unemployed job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Ruler; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has green eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: She wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered blue hat.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, red shirt, and blue tie, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Jacoba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Jacoba was born the youngest of three triplets. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Jacoba has worked very hard to control her curse. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Ar-Beka was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Ar-Beka 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length gray fur. Her ears are large.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cloak studied abroad. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has styled her lavender fur well, parting it to the right. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Pelt 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 was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: 3'6" and muscular, this northern woman wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her warhammer. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Born in the north to a Mercenary, Shamil learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His red fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp.