Description: An older man who is wearing a long, black cloak, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his brass crest well, parting it to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Rhogar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Hunter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Assassin, but she got bored and became a Detective. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Zephan was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Interpreter. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears his red hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her fur is cinnamon and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Shifting is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Shifting was born with her mother's beautiful face. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).