Description: He usually wears his tan robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Naal hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Naal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Naal. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is auburn and very short. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Nim 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. Theren 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: He feels threatened by others; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and wears a brown costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.