Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Soapmaker. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Gnarsh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp).

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Sard (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears her white hair up. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Rinn enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of jet and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Meriele was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Detective uniform, and is pretty ugly. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her parents enrolled her in a Cleric school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.