Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Mastema was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When Mastema reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and green handkerchief worn on his left side, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 18. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: An older man who wears a brown shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a green coat with tan slacks. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Riardon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Riardon and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. Azurite (5 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back brown hair. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Sumnes was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Sumnes decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After a long history of fighting, Sumnes and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy lavender fur. He wears a pastel collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a hunchback. His fur is short and lavender. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Interpreter uniform. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Adelaide lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. She struck the Interpreter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Interpreter and was forced into it by her family; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barkeep. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She married young, but lost her spouse to drow. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Depressed, Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His black crest is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. Citrine (60 gp).