Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: Quarethon wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Quarethon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. With bright blonde hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 98. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Detective. She has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Kerkad was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 sp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is cut close to his head. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Slave Trader. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her crest is short and black. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Akra was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 Akra began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. His white hair is cut short. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soveliss is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Coral (50 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Thunderstones. 2 Holy water.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. He wears his red hair up. His ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blue crest is heavily combed to the left. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nithther and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.