Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Arara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Birel is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Birel was born with her mother's beautiful face. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 130 gp. Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Roofer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and axes. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Being a Detective 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).