Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nyx grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nyx. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'9" and is typically in her Detective uniform. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Irann hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and brown robe with the hood down. She has slicked back auburn hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Gildmak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Gildmak took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.