Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame and is in decent physical shape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad grey hat.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He takes great joy in being the best Mason in town.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1800 sp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This northern woman wears yellow trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This northern woman tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 90 gp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears silk and lounges about seductively, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her religion dominates her actions

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears a blue collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Himo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: White pearl (70 gp).