Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Detective.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born into a rich family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her crest is short and silver. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Miller. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Barrister, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'5" and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His white hair is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Layabout. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Layabout. He tends to his Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by drow. After coming to the age of reason, Shadow took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has bronze crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears dull grey sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed trident, just in case. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 310 gp.