Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Siffress was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Through the years after Siffress was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Siffress's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rose (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is brown and very short. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Roofer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Amber (60 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 Spy. She has worked as a Spy like her father before her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She usually wears her yellow robe and has her sai always slung over her shoulder. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished sai as well. Her white hair is well kept. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Thiala hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.