Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has moderate length blonde hair. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Ella alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Knight. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's in love

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Melissa was born in the west. 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is white and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Norman embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Norman was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Norman's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He struck the Detective job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (11 gp).