Description: This man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Balam liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has worked as a Detective like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, tan cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Orla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Purah enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'0" when asserting herself. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired her part-time. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's in love; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and balancing her hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and usually wears her grey robe and has her scythe always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mercenary. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Spy, her father struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mormo grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mormo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mormo. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 gp. Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'4". He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 sp.