Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 80 pp. A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is wearing a long, grey cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has a very tight haircut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Maynild was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.