Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears an entirely grey suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his chestnut hair down. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Kilvar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Doctor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is typically in his Detective uniform, marred by beers. He wears his brown hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Norûk will drive conversation. 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 served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Detective work with an outfit from a few towns over. Detective work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his flail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Mantus was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a long, white cloak. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Reeza was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. He keeps his long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Mreksh's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Mreksh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Mara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Mara took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Gifted from a young age, Maegan studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.