Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Manea wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Manea is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has a hunchback. His blonde hair is cut short. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Rolen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Unemployed. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Jasper (40 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Detective uniform. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Tyna was born the youngest of three triplets. Her childhood dream was to be a Gardener, but she was a colossal failure. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 pp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Coral (130 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Flak will drive conversation. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Flak lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Jade (100 gp). White opal (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Malachite (9 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this eastern man wears a fancy pastel suit. His red fur is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Armorer born in the past three hundred years. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears green trousers with white and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has black eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Amber (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 71. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rose (30 gp). Amethyst (120 gp).