Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. His first spouse was a Mercenary, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Anthony took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her ears are large.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His tied-back hair is silver. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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, Nalral is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a black collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair is cut short. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Shautha was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 230 gp. Rose (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tattered old clothes. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her first spouse was a Miner, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 170 gp.

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. He keeps his long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Heskan was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely pastel suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is portly but not overly obese. His fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bricklayer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bricklayer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 gp.