Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a large white jacket. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy brown hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Kansif would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her childhood dream was to be a Baker, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He usually wears his brown robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished halberd as well. He has dyed his greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Flame hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her black hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Silaqui alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 27. 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. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Purson was born with his mother's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She is typically in her Tailor uniform. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. 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 Tailor. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Tailor responsibilities is difficult; and to be a healer again

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the east to a Soapmaker, Paggen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson blue hat.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. He has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Performer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She usually wears her white robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. 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: Nora lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).