Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Through the years after Hatae was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Hatae's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. Hematite (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eberk grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and balancing his hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 sp. Azurite (5 gp). 1 Holy water.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her blue hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 pp. Malachite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Nurkara was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Karg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new barkeep responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Morkral never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of emerald and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has auburn hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Miles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Miles was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.