Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. She has moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for her, and Duvamil does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Duvamil was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Bowyer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this eastern man wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has moderate length white hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south to a Detective, Bendoo learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. She became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.