Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. She wears her beige fur down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shadow grew up listening to her father's many stories. Shadow abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears dull green sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. She wears her dark red hair up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sekhmet was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Rosamund and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are brown and catlike.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aramil grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aramil. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. He has done his best to style his bronze crest to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Through the years after Medrash was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Medrash's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his white hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 83. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the south to a Carpenter, Gimurt learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

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

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brass crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the west to a Jeweler, Heskan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Jeweler. He has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She usually wears her brown robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She's also a talented Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear white tank tops with green pants. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.