Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Detective business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Azurite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She very much looks the part of a Fisher. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Fisher born in the past three hundred years. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. When Oriel reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Anselm was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is an amazing painter.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Sarah hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Sarah was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.