Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants. He has moderate length white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carpenter and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a black small hat and black clothes. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her black hair is thinning but still full. 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 is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 cp. Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'3" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is blonde and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Torgga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her white hair is long and unkept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sorath hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Sorath was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fletcher. She has worked as a Fletcher like her mother before her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aelar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. To his fellows he 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: Born to a Farmer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents were killed by drow in a raid when he was still a young child. The drow captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A 5'3" eastern woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Detective first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Ielenia was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has worked as a Detective like her father before her.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a large blue jacket. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Efferil is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Azurite (10 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His hair is short and silver. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

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 a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gomory was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp).