Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the south. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Rael has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She got into the Cook business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Birel took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has worked as a Cook like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His silver hair is lengthy. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Ar-Beka lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His silver hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in a small plains village. 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 west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Everard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Military, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on his left side and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is cut short. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Ahvain hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Verin hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gifted student she started as a Shoemaker, but she got bored and became a Laborer. She's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: 6'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He very much looks the part of a Painter. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cressel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (120 gp). Hematite (15 gp).