Description: A 5'6" eastern woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. A true patriot, Lia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Coral (160 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Coral (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Rose (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her fur is lavender and curly. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Edge embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Dilettante business.

History: Edge was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 5000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Coral (140 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Sard (40 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Amber (140 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is physically well-built. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: An older woman who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Hunter who has hired her part-time. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She worked as a nervous Hunter and found it very stressful. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Debt. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.