Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a white coat with yellow slacks. Her red hair is wavy and long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Artin isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. 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, Artin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Guard 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'2" and wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but he was a colossal failure. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 340 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is knotted and matted. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates Tieflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Sammal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sammal grew up listening to his father's many stories. His childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but he was a colossal failure. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'2" and dresses like a well dressed Miner does. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Miner like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Oskar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His orange fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Silent was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. She has moderate length silver hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Reeza was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.