Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Ernest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is short and auburn. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

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

Description: An older man who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Brewer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but he was a colossal failure. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Good lock. 1 Average lock.