Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Agnes 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. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Agnes alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fancy black suit. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and red robe with the hood down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Juliana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To protect her home; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 sp. White pearl (40 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tattered old clothes. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Don fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate.