Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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: She is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and doesn't want to be a bellfounder and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 sp. Citrine (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a simple pastel robe with white stripes complete with hood. She wears her black fur up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.