Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a brown vest and prefers green and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Bookbinder mother left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. He carries with him a set of longbows, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Layabout like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 23000 sp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She struck the Unemployed job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, PTSD, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Masseuse, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. He wears a colorful flower in his blue crest. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Chenna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Chenna was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Halfling Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.