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 wears a red coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. His scarlet crest is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Ploughman. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Maiathah lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Melech was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Melech'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: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has wavy white hair. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Beiro was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Beiro and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A true patriot, Dayereth would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A 6'2" northern man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He has wavy white fur. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: 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; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp).