Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: Adran speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in a small desert village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bather. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. White pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is lengthy. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Quarion's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Tanner. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears his black hair up. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Detective. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military, Rich. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 300 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'1". He tends to wear a large blue jacket, and his gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 gp.