Description: This late middle aged man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2100 sp. Banded agate (9 gp). Coral (150 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man wears a fancy blue suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. His eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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 criminal king-pin and mafia family Through the years after Silent was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Silent's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries falchions. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Andraste embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She is a Lycanthrope in disguise. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Andraste has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Andraste fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of a Engraver, who enjoyed hunting, Armara was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He very much looks the part of a Glassblower. His brown hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Norman was born with his mother's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 150 gp. Onyx (30 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is silver and curly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Namfoodle enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 130 gp.