Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are blue and catlike.

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 has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears just a blue suit. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Jade (70 gp).

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Assassin. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He tends to his Assassin job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Unemployed again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Akmen will drive conversation. Akmen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Backpack.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Aerdeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 250 gp.