Description: An older woman who prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Cora was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her childhood dream was to be a Knight, but she was a colossal failure. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 sp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Arha enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a white costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has no hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Ront was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ront's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: She wears a simple pastel robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and she perpetually has her shortspear ready. She wears a colorful flower in her gray fur. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Flask liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a shortspear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'9". She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and her gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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 son.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Helen took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sickle and armor she uses now. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Az-Bror hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Az-Bror alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His fur is lavender, silky, and of moderate length. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born in the south to a Miner, Silent learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

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

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 260 gp.