Description: This tall, slender man wears a white shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Tanner profession.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Detective business.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Rael was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Detective. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He very much looks the part of a Merchant. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Theren enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and to be a apothecary again

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).