Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Ermina was born with her father's beautiful face. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a butcher again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, In love, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 50 gp. Citrine (60 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a club on his belt. His hair is silver and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp. Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She tends to her Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Glassblower responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed rapier, just in case, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Armorer, but he got bored and became a Servant. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Reynard never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a red shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vani embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She has achieved small success as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.