Description: He stands about 3'1" and is dressed in an above average manner. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp. Azurite (4 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Detective who has hired her part-time. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Osah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She tends to her Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.