Description: This late middle aged man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. She has wavy brown hair. Her ears are large.

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 lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp. White pearl (130 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The war was a terrible time for him, and Faran does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 120 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a very tight haircut. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.