Description: He is scrawny and has patchy orange fur. He likes to wear pastel tank tops with blue pants. He has a hunchback. His orange fur is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cask will drive conversation. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This woman likes to wear yellow tank tops with black skirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She has green eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emma studied abroad. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 140 gp. Malachite (8 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Simon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 390 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her orange fur down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. The war was a terrible time for her, and Cloak does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). 6 Acid flasks. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, green cloak. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. He has red eyes and a green hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Chem was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chem decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Glassblower kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Navigator. She struck the Navigator job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.