Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His golden hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. He has a hunchback. His white hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She sports auburn long hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She takes great joy in being the best Doctor in town.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Marshal; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 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 (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rurik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He tends to his Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Portia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 pp. White opal (1300 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

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. Through the years after Ella was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ella's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Coral (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).