Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Akmen is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'6". She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Performer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Mardnab was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mardnab decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by her family; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is short and white. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 340 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Average lock.