Description: He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is physically well-built. His hair is red and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Riardon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He struck the Cook job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Nim was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Masseuse, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

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 east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Detective business.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Rael was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Detective. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He very much looks the part of a Merchant. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Theren enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and to be a apothecary again

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).