Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a pickaxe on her belt. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 sp. Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Gormogord is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Gormogord and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'6" and likes to wear tan tank tops with green skirt. Her red hair is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Orla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Slave Trader; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 60 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Boddynock reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Sard (80 gp).

Description: 3'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in a small island village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished mace as well. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has moderate length silver crest. This red eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Direcris is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Amber (90 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. 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 filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He very much looks the part of a Miller. His tied-back hair is black. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 200 sp.