Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Chem was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Spy. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes, and carries swords. He has chestnut hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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 feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Sard (30 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Tawar is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tawar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a lance on his belt. His fur is white, silky, and of moderate length. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Marshal and was forced into it by his family; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 60 gp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear green tank tops with pastel pants. He wears his chestnut hair up. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Qemuel was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Religious, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his lavender fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: Standing 6'7", this man is typically in his Detective uniform. His scarlet crest is lengthy. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair is well kept. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently the stress of being a Mortician has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: White pearl (90 gp).