Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her white fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He has wavy red hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Kelter has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp. Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a red coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Portia was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trail was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp. Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is silver and curly. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 sp. Iolite (20 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His red hair is thinning but still full. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Abad was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky green painted plate armor. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the right. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70 gp.