Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the south to a Ruler, Shax learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She struck the Ruler job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new ruler responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Bolhild was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. She has dyed her greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a violet coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This southern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the south. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. Her white hair is well kept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Elama was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: She wears just a grey suit, and carries tridents. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 sp.