Description: She is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length white crest. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Pogranix lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Pogranix was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Shepherd. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Body Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Shepherd, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her black robe and has her club always slung over her shoulder. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Gardener profession.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jet (110 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Gargax 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A 5'6" western man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shifting embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Shifting was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shifting's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: Standing 5'7", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Habor is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. The war was a terrible time for him, and Habor does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shipwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue diamond (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is red and curly. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Koeth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and red tie, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black hair is long and unkept. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her youth she was a Apothecary, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).