Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on his belt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. Faran enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He takes great joy in being the best Hunter in town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this northern man wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His lavender fur is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

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. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Tricking liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.