Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A 5'3" western man, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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

History: Gimûb was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. He is physically well-built. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Carter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a red shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His childhood dream was to be a Herbalist, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Mortician job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 3 Antitoxin.