Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Claira never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has slicked back golden hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a large red jacket. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Joser is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Joser was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 80 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.