Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Gomory was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gomory's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Gomory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An older man who is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and red handkerchief worn on his left side, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his yellow fur in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Baker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of amethyst and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. His bronze crest is still thick. His eyes are red.

Personality: Nykkan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Nykkan hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is blonde and curly. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born into a rich family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stylist.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job, In love. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Weaver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).