Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His beige fur is singed and shortened. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has wavy brass crest. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her green robe and has her sai always slung over her shoulder. She keeps her silver crest in a pixie cut. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mindartis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 290 gp. Red garnet (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Jade (60 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. During her travels, Tana and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Tana discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Tana fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man wears brown trousers with white and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is silver and very short. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 170 gp.