Description: She wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes, and carries quarterstaffs. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Ishte was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Dyer, but she got bored and became a Cook. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shoemaker. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She likes to wear blue tank tops with brown skirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Orla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blue crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older man who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, he is not a threatening figure. His scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Srorthen 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Wymar embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Wymar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'9" and dresses like a well dressed Gardener does. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Gardener soon after.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and pickaxes. He has moderate length white hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Erky has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; 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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 sp.