Description: He stands about 5'2" and very much looks the part of a Cook. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is chestnut and very short. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Frederick was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Standing 4'10", this man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He 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. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Gifted from a young age, Felosial studied abroad. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Good lock. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears just a pastel suit. Her lavender fur is still thick. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the south to a Bather, Spring learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Spring was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bather for the past few years.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to be a adventurer again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the west to a Hunter, Therlin learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but she was a colossal failure. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. The war was a terrible time for her, and Thea does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 sp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his tan robe and has his sai always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 340 gp. Jade (50 gp).