Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and balancing her hectic life and new seamstress responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears professional attire. His black hair is knotted and matted. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears long strands of emerald and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Chem was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1400 sp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a worn and beaten armor. She has wavy blonde hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. She sports golden long hair. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length white fur. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Dyer. After a long history of fighting, Art and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Krusk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Shepherd. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Tailor born in the past three hundred years. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Jeweler, but she got bored and became a Tailor. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 sp.