Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is short and white. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born in the west to a Courier, Nalaed learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 220 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 cp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: This man wears dull tan sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Criella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1200 sp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Doudra has worked very hard to control her curse. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Doudra was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Holy water.

Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Silent abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: This man wears a white tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bather. He takes great joy in being the best Bather in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 became a Bather soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.