Description: He has a missing left leg. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is white and very short. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is obsessed with his god.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

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

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'3" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Ribbles is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Ribbles lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His rusty crest is matted, messy, and big. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small yellow hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.