Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and usually wears her blue robe and has her scimitar always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Ellywick was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Shy. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 40 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She got into the Detective business at a young age. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp).

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Korfel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'1" when asserting herself. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small green hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Orianna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of sickles, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her blue crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Saphara was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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 studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Azgrom never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Rose 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: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Rose was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brass crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Through the years after Zykroff was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Zykroff's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by her family; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp).