Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a red wide-brimmed hat and red clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: Alain was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Jabbie never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, In love, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 11000 sp. Peridot (50 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is golden and curly. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

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

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.