Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has copper eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. With bright white hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She comes from a rich western family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'9". He wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on his torso, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. He has red fur. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Shadow abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a large grey jacket, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Banded agate (13 gp).