Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Purah hails from a village terrorized by drow. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: She wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. She is physically well-built. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her broad yellow hat.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Adelaide was born the youngest of three triplets. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Detective who has hired him part-time. 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, Kelter is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Kelter took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up mace and armor he uses now. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Peter grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Peter. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has dyed her greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: She likes to wear brown tank tops with violet skirt. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Carpenter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carpenter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich, Slave, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull white iron scale mail. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Ernest 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp. Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.