Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Shamil is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Knight. He has achieved small success as a Knight.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Modean was born the youngest of three triplets. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf, and is pretty ugly. Her yellow fur is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 110 gp.