Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and seeks redemption

Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: He dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aramil speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the west to a Body Guard, Aramil learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Being a Body Guard 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 feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jet (130 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jade (130 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is short and auburn. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 sp.