Description: An older woman who is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, she is not a threatening figure. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of a Cook, who enjoyed hunting, Akta was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Detective. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 8000 gp. Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Vrondiss lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are hazel.

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

History: Yvonne was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Yvonne alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and tan pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gifted student he started as a Body Guard, but he got bored and became a Scribe. He has achieved small success as a Scribe.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Hematite (15 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She sports brown long hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. To her fellows she 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: She got into the Merchant business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.