Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ella embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Herbalist, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Detective. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail, and carries greatswords. She has shaved her head bald. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Philomena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.