Description: This dark-skinned female wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She has moderate length purple hair. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Nemeia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she usually wears her brown robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anbera grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a spear on her belt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a colorful flower in her red crest. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Gesrethe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gesrethe was born with her mother's beautiful face. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has no hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Diggory is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: This southern woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Traubon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. A true patriot, Traubon would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 cp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp).

Description: This woman wears an entirely brown suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is red and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp.