Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'0" when asserting himself. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Harbek was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Harbek's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

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 exceptionally lanky man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired her part-time. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the south. Kabbarg was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Miller. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miller and was forced into it by her family; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 sp.