Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears bulky red painted plate armor. Her hair is white and curly. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Kithri was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. He tends to his Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp).

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with blue pants. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 340 gp.