Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. Her brown hair is braided into rings. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Thea hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: Thea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Trag never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 21000 sp. Iolite (20 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jade (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Doctor. Lagazi enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has moderate length rusty crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Pandjed is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Being a Marshal kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has wavy orange fur. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Through the years after Drusilia was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Drusilia's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).