Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this northern man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady silver eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Akmen was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Ovina was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and blue tie. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Akmen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Shoemaker father left him crippled. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an entirely tan suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Myev fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries maces. He wears his blonde hair down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with his Architect mother left him crippled. 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. Delg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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 gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Riardon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 sp.