Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a grey coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Detective. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Amber (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Carrie speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Carrie was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dilettante. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Jet (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He has no hair. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Stylist mother left him crippled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). White opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and kukris. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).