Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has shaved his head bald. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Tod 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's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is silver and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: Zykroff is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Zykroff was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 23000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Verna was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Seamstress. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 sp. White pearl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. Her black hair is still thick. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. Jet (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a great chef.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has no crest. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Akra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has wavy black fur. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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: She got into the Jeweler business at a young age. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.