Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears just a brown suit. Her hair is silver and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Actor. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Actor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Jarana reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She tends to her Actor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Average lock. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Apothecary. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. Being a Apothecary kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears tattered old clothes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 7000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a brown vest and prefers grey and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears her gray fur up. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 270 gp.