Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Shava hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Shava alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Shava was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Insane, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a yellow shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Theobald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When Theobald reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Ortegar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ortegar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ortegar. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).