Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with green slacks, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Interpreter, who enjoyed hunting, Koeth was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Koeth was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Phelaia hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears tattered old clothes. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Kaladan took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up crossbow and armor he uses now. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Fortune-teller like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 150 gp. Carnelian (30 gp).