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. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Melissa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She is physically well-built. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Server job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 sp. 4 Holy water.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears baggy blue pantaloons and a tan scarf. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 17000 cp. Amber (150 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a fancy black dress. Her crest is scarlet and very short. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rose (70 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: This woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He takes great joy in being the best Stylist in town.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His first spouse was a Weaver, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stylist and was forced into it by his family; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She got into the Baker business at a young age. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.