Description: This tall, slender woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Vola hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Vola was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple yellow robe with tan stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Eloise lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She struck the Junk Dealer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silaqui isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Balimaar embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).