Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He wears his blue hair up. This black eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. He has wavy white fur. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Shifting learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Seraphina is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has shaved his head bald. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp. Coral (120 gp).

Description: She wears a tan vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is portly but not overly obese. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the west to a Detective, Caramip learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting dire rats, the young Caramip began to lead the lost caravan. She struck the Detective job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Phelaia was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bowyer. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, green cloak. His brown hair is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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. Andram fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp.