Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and black tie. His tied-back hair is brown. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Giselle reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. Citrine (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jet (110 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'6". She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Ahlyssa was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ahlyssa's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses like a well dressed Dyer does. He has no hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the north to a Dyer, Erias learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Dyer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and brown handkerchief worn on his right side, and carries spears. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: Hamil is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and doesn't want to be a shoemaker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.