Description: 3'0" and muscular, this northern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Anne will drive conversation. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Chay was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Revenge; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Layabout who has hired her part-time. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Mardred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was a Unemployed, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this southern man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His brown fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the right. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He wears a brown top hat and brown clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. He has wavy golden hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Conrad studied abroad. Conrad abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull red sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Dondon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His first spouse was a Engraver, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, pastel shirt, and red tie. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Dayereth is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Adran is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).