Description: He wears a violet vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has wavy chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rose (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Amber (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). White pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Merchant mother left him crippled. He became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 12000 gp.

Description: This woman is dressed in an above average manner. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.