Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the north to a Detective, Kristryd learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: He wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Duergath lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Duergath has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 8000 cp. Pink pearl (40 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He very much looks the part of a Layabout. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ivellios never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, In love, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.