Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is physically well-built. His red hair is long and unkept. He has green eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a red top hat and red clothes. He has a very tight haircut. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Gormogord was born with his father's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has worked as a Herbalist like his father before him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 340 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: She wears just a brown suit. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Elizabeth lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is short and blonde. His ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Immeral's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Immeral learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shoemaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Performer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has brown hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Sumnes hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30 gp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Detective born in the past three hundred years. She takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: She was born in a small plains village. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is white and very short. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the west. When Vrondiss reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 sp. Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.