Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Detective. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Vondal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case, and carries quarterstaffs. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Secretive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 pp. Blue quartz (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a white armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. A true patriot, Pikar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Pikar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 19000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'11" western woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Osah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'9" and wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 pp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.