Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a club on her belt. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 50 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Detective uniform. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Koeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the north to a Detective, Koeth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Detective work with an outfit from a few towns over. Detective work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Detective like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull red iron scale mail, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. She has moderate length silver hair. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Carpenter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.