Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mastema isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mastema studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Mastema took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Solid gold idol (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Immeral was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 pp.

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 wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Shax was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Ombul was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Manfred abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Citrine (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. She has slicked back golden hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.