Description: This dark-skinned male wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Knight profession.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Erky grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Erky. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 180 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in a small island village. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yvonne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks. Her crest is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the south. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Being a Baker 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Lance was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Antitoxin.