Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears his bronze crest down. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Beggar. She has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Jade (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shanairla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Azurite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Adventurer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 into a rich family. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10 pp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Anne alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tailor who has hired him part-time. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 pp. Hematite (7 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.