Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'11" when asserting herself. Her yellow fur is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a Detective first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is white and curly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Nelkin was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 gp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears her black hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Engraver. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Engraver but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has achieved small success as a Engraver.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.