Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Salanop learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and halfling compassion

Flaws: Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 190 pp.

Description: An older woman who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length red hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Claira was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 2'10" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. A true patriot, Radomir would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his black hair up. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.