Description: This late middle aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is silver and curly. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east to a Scribe, Jillian learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carpenter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'3" when asserting herself. Her head has been shaved. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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: Mardred lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Actor. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Qualen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Performer. He tends to his Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp.