Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 23. 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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Varis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a bricklayer again

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: He wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and carries maces. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Paelias was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Servant.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).

Description: He wears a tan costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His golden hair is still thick. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. 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: Wants to work out more often; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Lamlis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lamlis decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.