Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'10" and usually wears his brown robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 pp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver hair is long and unkept. He is baby faced.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shoemaker. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (160 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Coral (160 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).