Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Fortune-teller, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 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. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Being a Detective 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 has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 pp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Nim liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Raer was born the youngest of three triplets. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and doesn't want to be a carpenter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, marred by sweets. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.