Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His hair is short and brown. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Navigator. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 11000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Coral (60 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Detective arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 white hair is knotted and matted. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

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. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Caeldrim was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Caeldrim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 270 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He carries with him a set of bastard swords on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 17000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.