Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a black vest and prefers white and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is lengthy. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Shifting was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shifting's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to protect her home

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 4 Holy water.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, black cloak. She has moderate length white hair. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has no crest. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the north to a Healer, Aasathra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has achieved small success as a Healer.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Baern was born the youngest of three triplets. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Eldeth is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (6 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears tan trousers with red and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When Zook reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His yellow fur, when down, is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Emerald was born with his mother's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Carter and found it very stressful. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.