Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. He has gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her scarlet crest is still thick. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. His copper crest is braided into rings. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 sp. Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is brown and curly. He has green eyes.

Personality: Fallond speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of lances on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His silver hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Engraver. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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 feels threatened by others; and balancing his hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Malachite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Menny was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Locksmith for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Mundane, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2900 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. With bright auburn hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Creega is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a servant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.