Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. His copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A true patriot, Tricking would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tricking was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has shaved her head bald. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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 daughter.

History: She was born into a rich family. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Kithri and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 cp. Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'0". She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and her gloved hand is found clutching a sickle. She has golden hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tervaround was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She sports red long hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Baggi was born with her father's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Detective work with an outfit from a few towns over. Detective work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 350 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small violet hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Naal hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Naal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her brown fur in a pixie cut. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Sweet 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. Her first spouse was a Navigator, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Knight and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: An older man who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. With bright blonde hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He wears a grey tunic with green highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp. 3 Holy water.