Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She has done her best to style her lavender fur to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the north to a Sculptor, Cloak learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered red stockings, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Peren abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: In love, Job, Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. After a long history of fighting, Arnold and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is short and chestnut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Soapmaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Stableman like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Sekhmet was born the youngest of three triplets. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Sekhmet took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Guard, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.