Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'0" and is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

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. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. He is baby faced.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Dilettante. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Dilettante business at a young age. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dilettante and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.