Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Hecat does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Hecat hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hecat was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Butcher kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears long strands of sapphire and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His lavender fur is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. After coming to the age of reason, Cask took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jacoba grew up listening to her father's many stories. Jacoba liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).