Notable Persons

A tribal Elf who owns and runs Daffy's Casino. She is fiercely determined to see her casino succeed. She rarely smiles, but when she does, her smile lights up the room.
"Marigold"
A Rabbitkin woman who works as the main cook at Daffys Casino. She is not a fancy cook, but her simple stews, roasts, and baked items are delicious.
Sunflower Phil Graybranch
A tribal Elf who deals the high stakes Faro tables at Daffy's Casino. He is timid and would prefer a less stressful job.
## Neutrals

### The Church of the All-Encompassing Void

Custodian Jordan Stickweir
A Beaverkin man, pledged to service of the Church of the All-Encompassing Void. He serves as the chief priest of the Shrine of the Void. He is a pleasant man, but like many adherents of the Void, obsessed with order and purity.
### District Courthouse

Judge Thomas Bero
The judge is an older, distinguished looking human with a fair bit of gravitas and charisma. He has a haphazard grasp of court room procedure and a fondness for levying contempt fines for dubious offenses. The judge mostly handles the law in Arroyo Grande, but has a circuit that covers smaller towns throughout the district.
Assistant District Attorney Daniel Clark
ADA Clark is the prosecutor for the district, a handsome, bright, up-and-coming lawyer with a bright future ahead of him. He gets along well with Judge Bero and Mayor Burnsides.
Town and District Clerk Evita Sargessa
Mrs. Sargessa is an older owl-harpy, with bright orange eyes. She is very knowledgeable of the law, but applies it impartially. She seems to have some distaste for Dr. Harris.
### Grande Times Newspaper

Charles "Chuck" Foster, Jr
Mr. Foster is a human, son of the owner, publisher, and editor-in-chief of the Grande Times. He's also the paper's primary reporter. He is a pleasant and genial man but not much of an investigator.
Rose Alexander
Miss Alexander is the Time's other reporter. In addition to covering social events, county fairs, civil court proceedings, weather reports, births, and marriages, she also assists Mr. Foster by doing background investigation on a wide variety of events. She is an eager investigator, and is avid to make her name and leave Grand Arroyo for a more influential paper.
### Dwarf ghetto

Dwarf Elder
An almost stereotypical, traditionalist dwarf elder who values labor and despises charity, elfs, and labor-saving devices.
Mysterious dwarf
A younger, female dwarf magic-worker who does not speak much in the elder's presence but seems to have disagreements with him.
## Opponents

### The District Sheriff's Office

Sheriff James Gage
A human male who enforces the law in Arroyo Grande and the surrounding district. He is touchy and proud, and generally disdainful of non-humans, though he has a soft spot for Daffy.
Deputy Paul Houghton
A human male who assists Sheriff Gage in enforcing the law. He has no particular regard for Daffy and has done little to investigate the instigators of brawls at her casino.
Deputy Colin White
A human male who assists Sheriff Gage in enforcing the law. He was very insistent that property delivered to the closed Boars Head tavern stay with the property.
Deputies Fido and Spot
A pair of dogman fraternal twins who assist Sheriff Gage in enforcing the law. They came to town with Sheriff Gage and are his trusted investigators for any case dealing with tracking or strange smells. Otherwise, they get stuck with the worst jobs and most of the paperwork for other deputies.
### The Grand Arroyo Government

Mayor Theodore "Terry" Burnsides
A human male who owns several of the most significant businesses in town, including the Bar Gold casino, the Grande Hotel, and several smelteries. It is rumored that he was elected on the strength of coerced votes of his employees. The Bar Gold is rumored to allow cheating and the drinks can be poor quality, but the faro tournaments have big prizes and draw gamblers.
Arnold Killeen
A human male gunslinger who works as a bodyguard and troubleshooter for the Mayor. Mr. Killeen is the fastest draw in Arroyo Grande, and is notorious for taking slights, challenging someone to a duel, and gunning them down as they try to apologize. Sheriff Gage has investigated several of these duels, and declared all of them legal instances of self-defense. Most citizens try very hard to avoid attracting Mr. Killeen's attention.
### The Rapturous Mystery Faith

Shepherd Superior John "Jack" Bell
A human male who leads the Rapturous temple in Arroyo Grande, and is a firm believer in his faith. He actively proselytizes the beastmen community, reminding them they are cursed by birth, but can find redemption in servitude to the Faithful. He has no time for the Dwarfs or Elfs. He has tried to force the small Shrine of the Void into leaving town.
### The 1st Colorado National Bank

Bryan Reeve
Bryan Reeve is the richest man in town and manager of the local branch of the largest bank in Colorado. He is a skilled gambler, and owns much of the town. He openly admits to wanting to supplant Burnsides in the next election.
### Others

Doctor Cameron Harris
Dr. Harris a distinguished, older human. He is the only mage-physician (or physician) licensed to work in Grande Arroyo. Although warm and helpful to other humans, he claims to be overworked and rarely helps non-humans. He spends some of his evenings gambling with his friends, Mayor Burnsides and Mr. Reeve.
Raymond Canyon, Attorney-at-law
Mr. Canyon is the other practicing lawyer in town, aside from ADA Clark. Mr. Reeve is his largest client, and Mr. Canyon is rumored to always include fine print that favors Mr. Reeve, whether or not he is currently working for him.
"Hard Luck" Hank Rothden
Mr. Rothden is a human male who cheated at Daffy's Casino's high stakes Faro table, before getting caught by Abraham and tossed by Teddy.
Athena
Athena is a very attractive catfolk woman with a very flirty behavior. She used to come to Daffy's Casino on the same nights as Mr. Rothden, but they also arrived and left separately and never interacted at the high stakes Faro table. She murdered in her home on April 16th by an unknown assailant for unknown reasons.