Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dull white sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. 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 reunite with her absent father; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 pp.