Description: She is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has wavy black hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Hatae was taken on many hunting expeditions. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Scribe profession.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He's also a talented Scribe, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Azurite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and green robe with the hood down. Her red fur is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a yellow vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Locksmith who has hired him part-time. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his gray fur in a flapper bob. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Shivering took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: Standing 3'2", this man usually wears his red robe and has his scythe always slung over his shoulder. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. She has moderate length blue crest. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 20 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).