Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 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 (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a white collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Oblar has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 11000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his brown fur down. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Unemployed. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Unemployed business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Amber (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Oppleby alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Coral (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This southern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large violet jacket. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Miller business.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). White opal (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).