Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a long, grey cloak. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her childhood dream was to be a Performer, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in the west. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (10 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears tattered old clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no crest. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Chassath took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Avelina studied abroad. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Avelina 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 Avelina. She got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a shortspear on his belt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Lewis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. Lewis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lewis decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp).

Description: She wears a fancy green dress. Her crest is red and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Mortician business at a young age. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Rose (80 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are silver and beady.

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. Prosperine is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Locksmith they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. She has done her best to style her beige fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are yellow.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She worked as a nervous Fisher and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Jade (100 gp).