Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Crown-heir father left him crippled. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears professional attire. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Baker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Baker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Amber (150 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His crest is short and white. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'8". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His black crest is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Shamash is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

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

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She very much looks the part of a Detective. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 190 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her black hair is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Barbena is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and expand her business

Bonds: Family, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Masseuse, Dabbledob learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Jet (150 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She carries a battered spear and tarnished crossbow as well. Her blue hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amber (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).