Description: This woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Detective. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has worked as a Detective like her mother before her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Halimath never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her orange fur is long and unkept. Her yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Blacksmith, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Tordek enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Tordek liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This malnourished woman wears just a brown suit. She keeps her black fur in a pixie cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1800 gp.