Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Thradal was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her black fur. She is baby faced.

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. Art enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Art and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Morkral lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barkeep responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" eastern woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Detective first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Ielenia was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has worked as a Detective like her father before her.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 sp. 3 Smokesticks. 3 Acid flasks. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears professional attire. She wears her black crest down. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).