Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a great chef.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. His copper crest is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2700 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Kipper was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kipper decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is braided into rings. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a brown shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fancy black suit. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a Courier first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the east to a Courier, Ashgarn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. 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: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.