Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is short and auburn. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Alice is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Alice 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. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Laborer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Laborer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His red fur is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Quarion wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Junk Dealer does. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has worked as a Junk Dealer like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is still thick. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 20 gp. Amber (130 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a black shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His white crest is thinning but still full. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has worked as a Ruler like his father before him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Hematite (4 gp).