Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He keeps his rusty crest in a flapper bob. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mayor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Direcris lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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 born into a rich family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Engong and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long 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 unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Merihim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'4" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and white robe with the hood down. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 7000 cp. Zircon (70 gp). 3 Antitoxin. 4 Acid flasks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a Stylist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She got into the Stylist business at a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished warhammer as well. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Sailor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp.