Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'7" when asserting himself. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Tailor and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tailor for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a sailor again

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers brown and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His auburn hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Miles will drive conversation. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. After coming to the age of reason, Miles took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He has worked as a Detective like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Emerald (1600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.