Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Alice was born with her mother's beautiful face. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears grey trousers with red and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and carries warhammers. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

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 takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her nunchaku always slung over her shoulder. She carries with her a set of nunchakus on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. With bright brown hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Pyra will drive conversation. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Pyra abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Varis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Varis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2300 sp.