Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a hunchback. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Dean abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Miles hails from a village terrorized by drow. Through the years after Miles was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Miles's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Miles was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is typically in his Detective uniform. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Ernest enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mayor profession.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has worked as a Layabout like his father before him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Nicholas wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warrior, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but he was a colossal failure. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 60 pp.