Description: She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Merchant business.

History: Gifted from a young age, Portia studied abroad. Through the years after Portia was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Portia's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. His crest is black and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nikki does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nikki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Nikki was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Marshal. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his red hair down. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Zircon (50 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Server does. He wears his white hair down. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born into a rich family. When Robert reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Server.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Server responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears an entirely grey suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Geva isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Geva was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: She wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and brown pants. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and 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

Ideals: Logical, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.