Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her head has been shaved. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

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

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. Ghûra was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bookbinder. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Windy speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Windy lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is silver and curly. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She tends to her Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of hammers, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.