Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is typically in her Detective uniform. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

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. Ahlyssa abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

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

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy violet suit. His hair is chestnut and very short. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a Stableman, his father struggled to pay the bills. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Fletcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a bookbinder and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her crest is silver and curly. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is portly but not overly obese. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Mamnen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He bought a glaive and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 180 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue vest and prefers red and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and is pretty ugly. He has moderate length silver hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 became a Body Guard soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. With bright white hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Anne was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To be a Server again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Adventurer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Virra is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Crown-heir but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 110 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.