Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears an entirely brown suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Helja hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Helja was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Performer. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Paela was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses like a well dressed Detective does. Her silver crest is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Kava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Stableman, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown diamond (6000 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Amber (150 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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. After months of barely getting by, Helgret managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

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 is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Farmer responsibilities is difficult; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 12000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. Leaf 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Leaf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 Fortune-teller. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by her family; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise blue.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Traulam liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Silver ewer (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.