Description: This late middle aged woman is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on her left side and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her childhood dream was to be a Courier, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Cecily lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Ruler; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She wears her red hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She got into the Butcher business at a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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: Money/treasure; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. Coral (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. After a long history of fighting, Bilga and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp. Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He has moderate length auburn hair. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He is a Succubi in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a white armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Moss agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). White opal (700 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her orange fur is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shadow grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Shadow. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.