Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's in love; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He has wavy auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Roge hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Roge is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Roge liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a black broad hat and black clothes. He is physically well-built. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length purple hair. He has red eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Marbas hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Forgetful, PTSD, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 180 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

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, and carries sickles. Her orange fur is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Emerald was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mason hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.