Description: This tall, slender man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His dark red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Marbas was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Debt. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His white hair is still thick. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Superior lock. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has moderate length blue hair. His face is scarred and worn.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Cairn was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mortician they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 18000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His white crest is thinning but still full. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. White opal (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it, and carries morningstars. He has shaved his head bald. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 40000 cp. 3 Holy water.

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'8" when asserting herself. She has wavy brown hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Mara has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jade (140 gp).