Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gubrash hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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. Gubrash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His crest is short and blue. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Bharash was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Bharash was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Map Maker. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Corkitron hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Mamnen was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and shields. She has no fur. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears long strands of amber and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is physically well-built. His tied-back hair is black. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: This woman wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shivering 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 Shivering. Being a Animal Trainer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His brown hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in the north. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and revenge

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40000 cp. Zircon (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).