Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple green robe with white stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

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

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His golden hair is long and unkept. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a blue shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a Detective first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Born in the north to a Detective, Arnold learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

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

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and he perpetually has his spear ready. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Frederick lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.