Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. 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's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: John hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Soapmaker uniform. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp).