Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her white hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Ermina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Coral (150 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

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 is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This woman likes to wear black tank tops with brown skirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10000 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Barrister does. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rose (40 gp). Amber (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. His tied-back hair is blonde. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 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). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her hair is short and dark red. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a Apothecary first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Coral (70 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).