Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. 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. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shedinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Everard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has dyed his greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Dazzazn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Detective but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Dazzazn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He has worked as a Detective like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has red eyes.

Personality: Cimer speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Cimer hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Cartwright like his father before him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear black tank tops with grey skirt. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she's in love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a simple brown robe with pastel stripes complete with hood, marred by sweets. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the north to a Navigator, Erias learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants, marred by sweets. He has moderate length golden hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'3". He very much looks the part of a Spy. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Dworic liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears just a blue suit. She wears her black hair down. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Nissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sailor and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp).