Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears black trousers with blue and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has wavy red hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her white hair is well kept. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. During her travels, Joan and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Joan discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Joan fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Racist, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. Her head has been shaved. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She works hard and plays hard.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's in love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Sard (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Susannah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.