Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her blue hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Spice Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 110 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and black robe with the hood down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Performer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the south to a Performer, Paelias learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

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. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Bricklayer father left her crippled. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'9", this man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. His long gray fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender woman sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her brown hair is cut short. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Audhild hails from a village terrorized by goblins. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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 powerful slaver made him what he is. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple blue robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Performer who has hired him part-time. He uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Eiravel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Eiravel was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Eiravel decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 150 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).