Description: This slender woman stands about 3'6". She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a Performer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Mardnab was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Mardnab decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by her family; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Grai hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the right. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Knight. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Knight but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Knight, Great learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. Her green crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Korinn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp. Coral (80 gp).