Description: She stands about 5'1" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Cecily was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest is bronze and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the divine 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eldon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Therai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.