Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length purple hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Detective business.

History: Born in the north to a Detective, Zephan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a great chef.

History: Veit lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries flails. His brown fur, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1600 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and carries swords. He has no hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Eldon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eldon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her auburn hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.