Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Passionate, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Birel is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Birel liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Locksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy dark red hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nija does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Nija hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nija was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nija was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Frouse is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and wants to raise his children well

Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (50 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a large grey jacket. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Urshar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp.