Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Mella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Howard's homeland. Howard decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears professional attire. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and doesn't want to be a roofer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Peridot (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp).