Description: He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Arumawann was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Ploughman first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Nissa has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black vest and prefers pastel and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Body Guard. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 4'11" western woman, she wears a blue collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

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

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her red fur up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She tends to her Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Thorpe was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Thorpe took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 330 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Kipper was taken on many hunting expeditions. Kipper 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nora was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 80 gp.