Description: He is lean but muscular and very much looks the part of a Detective. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ethereal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Ethereal was born with his father's beautiful face. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

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 wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are red.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kaladan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kaladan. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (60 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is chestnut and curly. This white eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Forcas was born with his mother's beautiful face. Forcas was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Locksmith. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1500 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Naeris lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Bella was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears dull green sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. She keeps her white crest in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Eggren will drive conversation. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Eggren lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Joker. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 8000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.