Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her purple hair is singed and shortened. She has white eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

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

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 16000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Detective and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Soapmaker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now owns her own business.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. With wild chestnut hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Slave Trader, Sarai learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, marred by chocolates. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Glassblower. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a very tight haircut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Ridaro speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a pickaxe 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; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Oren was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Actor. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She uses divination through singing.

History: Emerald was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She 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. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 360 gp.