Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears long strands of ruby and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His rusty crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born into a rich family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Phelaia was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bowyer. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his scarlet crest down. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tan feathered hat and tan clothes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. At a young age her mother died while driving off some giants. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in sword use. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is brown and curly. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. 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 hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Varis took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up scythe and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Barkeep. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 90 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed spear, just in case. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Marastyr was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Marastyr was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Marastyr decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern woman is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nogu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Navigator. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 pp. Bloodstone (20 gp).