Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Astar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but he was a colossal failure. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30000 cp. Azurite (10 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His hair is purple and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Paymon was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tattered old clothes. His yellow fur is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Adventurer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and he is content

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Solid gold idol (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 370 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).