Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. She has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears just a brown suit. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with brown slacks. He has wavy white hair. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Marshal. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and expand his business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. His golden hair is braided into rings. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Baern will drive conversation. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Baern was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). In the meantime he has taken over work as a Sailor and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is typically in her Miner uniform. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this northern woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red fur is still thick. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Flame is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has wavy black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Fletcher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: An older man who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries hammers. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Gunter was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.