Description: Standing 5'2", this woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hatae has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears violet trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1400 pp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Abalaba is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red spinel (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Coral (90 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. 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 always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, pastel shirt, and brown tie. He has no crest. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Direcris does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Direcris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). White opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her crest is rusty and curly. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 gp.

Description: This northern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1300 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Jet (120 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Amber (120 gp). Rose (50 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).