Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears long strands of amethyst and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: 2'9" and muscular, this southern woman wears a simple red robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her hair is auburn and very short. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Portia embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears just a green suit. His long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Pijjirik was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Guard, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'8". She very much looks the part of a Butcher. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. He tends to his Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.