Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has dyed her greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Beast abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 130 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the north to a Fisher, Ethereal learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Fisher like her father before her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a longbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a grey tunic with pastel highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long orange fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Flask has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bather but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Dondon was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 sp. Azurite (6 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blue hair is greasy and uncared for. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born in a small desert village. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Barber; and she's in love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.