Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mayor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Ellyjoybell was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his bronze crest in a flapper bob. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ghesh hails from a village terrorized by giants. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's also a talented Animal Trainer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Azurite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Emerald (1300 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'11" and wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Gunnloda was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gunnloda decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Onyx (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She sports auburn long hair. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. 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: She is greedy; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair is short and blonde. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Fletcher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Guard, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is black and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Dell was born with her father's beautiful face. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp).