Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his blonde hair up. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Sculptor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Varis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in a small plains village. 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 Sculptor. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Curran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Slave, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the south to a Barkeep, Morg learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Barkeep.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 140 gp.