Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Ishte lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 330 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Amber (50 gp). Iolite (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and doesn't want to be a assassin and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a red cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear flannel. She has done her best to style her blue crest to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her top green hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gesrethe will drive conversation. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1400 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.