Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears professional attire. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Nella was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken from her home at a very young age. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She receives visions of the future at random moments

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. Her childhood dream was to be a Actor, but she was a colossal failure. She has worked as a Detective like her father before her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spy. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Warryn will drive conversation. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Warryn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Warryn. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a black vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has dark red hair. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Junk Dealer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Junk Dealer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently the stress of being a Junk Dealer has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Fargas isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is cut short. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 became a Dyer soon after.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Gifted from a young age, Virra studied abroad. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her hammer. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nedda embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She got into the Masseuse business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (50 gp).