Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an entirely tan suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her brown hair is cut short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears just a tan suit. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished flail as well. His auburn hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Fibblestib was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is short and silver. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Layabout business.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Slave, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 390 gp.