Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 210 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist mother left him crippled. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. 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. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. After months of barely getting by, Charles managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'10" and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2300 sp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She has moderate length lavender fur. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 Herbalist. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Whurbin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Whurbin was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. 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: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 330 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and white robe with the hood down. He has no hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His dark red hair is long and unkept. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Modean fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 28000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.