Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his red fur down. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rose (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'8" northern woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. With bright golden hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a violet vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His golden hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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 born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1200 pp. Obsidian (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Coral (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His orange fur is smooth and relatively long. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Peridot (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Sarah hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sarah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished kukri as well. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Portia hails from a village terrorized by drow. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.