Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her fur is short and orange. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aura grew up listening to her mother's many stories. 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 Cartwright. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Nalral has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her beige fur is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her copper eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Silk rope.

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.