Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Merla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Merla was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears black trousers with grey and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the left. This black eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on her right side. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Ilanis was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: This man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1700 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp).

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, black cloak, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length chestnut hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Engong enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Engong lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.