Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a grey small hat and grey clothes, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Locksmith does. He wears his red hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Ribbles lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Locksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Deep green spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her white crest down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Through the years after Gilkass was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gilkass's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears just a white suit. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Assassin born in the past three hundred years. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A gifted student she started as a Courier, but she got bored and became a Assassin. She struck the Assassin job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a grey vest and prefers black and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has no hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Cartwright. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for her, and Jane does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 Cartwright. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She tends to her Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: White opal (900 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. A true patriot, Ivellios would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Ivellios was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ivellios fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Eye agate (4 gp).