Description: He stands about 3'6" and wears blue trousers with tan and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Detective. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 250 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in a small island village. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yvonne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Nala alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a barber again

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman wears a simple blue robe with violet stripes complete with hood. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Donella hails from a village terrorized by drow. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tan coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His brown hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local mason

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Ekemon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekemon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A 3'4" southern man, he dresses like a well dressed Engraver does. His hair is short and brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.