Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has done his best to style his beige fur to look like a famous performer. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he very much looks the part of a Doctor. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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

History: Born to a Knight, her father struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 sp. Moss agate (10 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is brown and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Paela's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tan top hat and tan clothes. He carries a battered trident and tarnished club as well. His brown hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. A true patriot, Eberdeb would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He's also a talented Seamstress, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'1". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Beggar but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Bhevek hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. He has moderate length silver hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is cut close to her head. This silver eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 sp. Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: A 3'3" eastern woman, 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 keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 380 gp.