Description: She wears a red costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Gynnie was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Gynnie's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (6 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He has moderate length white crest. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Kriv took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. His copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His fur is lavender and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's also a talented Dilettante, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the south to a Detective, Eberdeb learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Volen was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 pp.