An overview of the characters in the low-level group, and what the
other party members know about them:

 Actinius (Susan): About 6-1/2' tall human (in a world where the
 average human male is 6'), high strength, 2-handed sword, body
 builder (huge muscles and no body fat).  He's a magic researcher and
 spell-caster who has some fighting ability.  Comes with a white
 cockatoo named Dina.

 Andros (Nick): A vampire/undead researcher who carries real weapons
 (sword and shield, I think).  Short, not-very-muscular mediterranian
 features.

 Carsalla (Courtney): 6'3" partially human female.  Magic researcher.
 An enigma with unknown abilities, skills, and background.  (Not even
 she knows.)  Has weird, often stormy, nightmares.  Looks a little
 `funny'; something non-human around the cheekbones.  Sinks in water.

 Chedak (Chad): Solid warrior who became a priest of a war god.

 Hudson (Shabby): Lila's magic-using hawk familiar.  [Note: no longer
 hawk, pc, or party member]

 Jnar (Zack): Architect by trade, light horseman/infantryman in
 practice.  Has a thiefly reputation in the party.

 Lila (Jerrod): Hudson's human warrior familiar [no longer].  (I run
 familiar bonds as being symmetrical.)  Formerly Shabby's PC's
 familiar.  A pretty solid light fighter.  Moves really fast.  Party
 leader.  Regular member of the nation's special forces, but migrated
 into the high-profile "special" special forces group known as Knights
 Vigil (the high-level group), and now has her own command (the
 low-level group).  Is a bird trainer, and is rather rangerish.

 Morra (Sara): When sleeping she does cross-overs to other people's
 dreams.  Usually but not always by physical contact.  Kinda famous
 because she was brutally tortured about a year ago, had her hands cut
 off, and had a lot of powerful people out to avenge the act.  Viewed
 as sweet and innocent, but is the party thief.

 Nuar (Karl): Drow warrior -- effective and proud.  Swordsmaster.  Has
 a black cat named Timothy, and grudgingly admits to being a spell
 caster.

 Sepheryn (Natasha): Vampire hunter.  Fights with two daggers, and is
 somewhat a vampire researcher for the purpose of hunting better.

 Sophia (Jenwa): Formerly a regular member of the special forces.
 Retired to private-investigative work.  Knew Lila before she retired,
 and was recruited first for an unofficial mission.  Short, sturdy,
 extremely capable.

 Vicky (Tannis): Drop-dead-gorgeous priestess of the goddess of pain
 (Loviattar). A healing specialist (lots of curing ability) who looks
 for people in pain to cure, so she can channel the intensity of the
 victim's feeling to her goddess.  This healing has a little more pain
 involved than the usual priestly healing.  Her sect of the religion
 is mostly people who wander around in battlefields curing those near
 death so (1) they stay alive longer and can feel more pain, and so
 (2) that pain can be channelled to the goddess.  Vicky is small, and
 pretty ineffective in melee.  She prefers to do support magic during
 fights, like the AD&D "Chant" spell which extends her goddess'
 presence throughout the area, inflicting extra damage (due to pain)
 on all enemies, and making them less likely to hit (because of the
 pain).  So far, the party has enthusiastically supported this.  Vicky
 also has extreme expertise at torture and interrogation.  She's
 reluctant to use it, but the party has had her do so twice, without
 seeming to mind in the slightest (as long as it's for a good cause).

 Lord Bronitin Artoll (Chad): Very muscular dwarf, reasonably old.  Grey
 hair, clean shaven beard, although he hstill has the moustache,
 although he *has* had a beard. Mountain dwarf.  Very skilled.

 Ressetra or Resse (NPC): Young, unskilled, naive, very faithful
 priestess.  Homely, clumsy.

 Brother Nibbitz Feng of the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Beast (Joe
 Foley).  Newly promoted to Journeyman, travelling phase.  Specialty
 is Information Gathering.  Also very skilled in spear in sling.  For
 fun I do brewing.

 Electra/Amber (Tara): Vaguely medditerranian with lighter hair,
 average height, came out from the west with Carsalla because there
 are real barbarians here. Cat, named Stevus.  Priestes of Apollo.
 Seems to have lot of brand-new gear that she probably doesn't know
 how to use.

 Smith (of Smith and Wesson): powerful archmage.  A bit shadowy,
 shifty.  Has helped out the party somewhat.

  The party in general: pretty much everyone wears dark leather armor.
  (Chedak would wear something heavier, but doesn't want to limit the
  party's mobility.)  Actinius and Carsalla (possibly a couple -- not
  sure) seem like the naive nice guys of the party.  Maybe Morra, too.
  In general, the party seems "dark" enough to do whatever is
  necessary, while being "light" enough to be widely accepted as on
  the right side, even though they're working for a government run by
  a lich.