Description: This late middle aged man wears blue trousers with green and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dull pastel sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Detective but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Professionalism, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His golden hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Roondar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has a crush on the local painter

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His white crest is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His crest is rusty and curly. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Military, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and falchions. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Torbera alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Peridot (50 gp). White opal (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Alexandre and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.