Description: An older woman who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), she is not a threatening figure. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At some point she was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf, and carries nunchakus. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Myev is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.