Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Nora was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nora's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears a colorful flower in his dark red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears long strands of topaz and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white fur is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Dagger abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His white eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Carpenter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small island village. His childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Hematite (14 gp).

Description: He wears black trousers with brown and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his blue crest down. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his youth he was a Bowyer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has taken up work as a Sellsword and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.