Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Volen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Volen decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Jade (80 gp).

Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Detective. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'5" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Interpreter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Interpreter and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 40 gp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her pickaxe. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Eloise will drive conversation. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp).