Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Rolf hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. 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: Rolf lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has shaved his head bald. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

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.