Description: An older woman who dresses like a well dressed Cook does, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is typically in her Merchant uniform. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has amber eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She got into the Merchant business at a young age. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Merchant. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her nunchaku with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Courier but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kava was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1600 sp.