Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her tied-back hair is white. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with blue slacks. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp.