Description: A 5'8" northern man, he prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rolls R's

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

Description: This late middle aged man wears a blue shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants and is in decent physical shape. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Glim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'10" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His fur is cinnamon and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Miner, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a miller and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his cinnamon fur down. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Cloud is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small island village. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp.