Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy red dress. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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 druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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 settle down with her crush; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her white fur is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and bows. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Navigator who has hired him part-time. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 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: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born in the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a priest and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Andram reached his early adolescence his Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a shoemaker again

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

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: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Markosian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's in love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1600 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses like a well dressed Painter does. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Jasper (70 gp).