Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Margery was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Margery 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. Margery decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and 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

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Furrele was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'0" western man, he prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 9. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to be a mercenary again

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears a blue collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is physically well-built. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With wild auburn hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Faral grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Faral. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Cartwright job and began his own company from there.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Sarah was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with her Mercenary father left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Locksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp.