Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'9" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He takes great joy in being the best Detective in town.

History: Manfred was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has worked as a Detective like his father before him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 32000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears long strands of aquamarine and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Being a Bounty Hunter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'0" and wears professional attire. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Everard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Everard was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Amethyst (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Reynard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Soapmaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Henry was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Jade (150 gp).