Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He very much looks the part of a Detective. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Detective.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A true patriot, Helen would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Helen abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Harbek embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. After a long history of fighting, Harbek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 pp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Spice Merchant. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She wears her golden hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nithther's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Nithther abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, yellow shirt, and blue tie. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has auburn hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears dull violet sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.