Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the north to a Beggar, Quarethon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a pastel scarf, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Whurdred speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 Engraver. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has violet eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Koeth is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Blacksmith they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Laborer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of a Junk Dealer, who enjoyed hunting, Hobart was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Saphara was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: This man wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available he will default to his crossbow. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, his father struggled to pay the bills. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Sybil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Weaver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (400 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Backpack. 1 Good lock.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Red garnet (40 gp).