Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by teas. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: A 4'9" eastern man, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has no hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson green hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Coral (50 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Naal hails from a village terrorized by drow. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. His red hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 pp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. His hair is silver and curly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Coral (60 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.