Description: He is a mite stocky and typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Shane is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 pp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a brown shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His clothes are grease stained in places. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Breathy voice

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

Description: He stands about 6'1" and prefers to wear flannel. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Drogo learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but he was a colossal failure. 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: To pay off his debts; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Ralf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.