Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears skinny pants and wears a white and brown robe with the hood down. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gerard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. His hair is short and silver. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local animal trainer

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears a fancy tan suit. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is silver and curly. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Fortune-teller, but he got bored and became a Crown-heir. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He has a very tight haircut. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Hugh never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: Rolf was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. 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: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp.