Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Hecat is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: Born in the east to a Detective, Hecat learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Aldous hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Aldous alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 pp. Carnelian (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is typically in his Seamstress uniform. His black hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She has moderate length dark red hair. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Pyra's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1400 gp. Amber (140 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Beggar uniform. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp.