Description: He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Bertram lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bertram 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Gerard was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 24. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His childhood dream was to be a Sage, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and balancing his hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.