Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Quarion was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she likes to wear tan tank tops with brown skirt. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Lia took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up lance and armor she uses now. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has worked as a Detective like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Mara is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Mara lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 sp. 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 wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His golden hair is long and unkept. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heward was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.