Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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 minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ielenia grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his brown hair down. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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 divination through singing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man wears a blue coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Orryn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Orryn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Orryn was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a marshal again

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Althaea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 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 has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her silver hair is well kept. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.