Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Ratak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Detective kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Akra was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Akra's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jet (100 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: William was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. She carries a battered bow and tarnished greataxe as well. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Mary speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. She is physically well-built. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the west. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Traulam never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 26. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he usually wears his brown robe and has his whip always slung over his shoulder. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents enrolled him in a Rogue school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, green shirt, and pastel tie and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born to a Detective, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 160 gp.