Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Volen was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She wears her dark red hair down. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Nemeia was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Detective. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Detective, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: An older man who wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy black crest. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is a Banker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Mugrunden lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Banker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Banker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Banker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is typically in his Detective uniform. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He tends to his Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has moderate length black hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.