Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her falchion. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jillian embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She is obsessed with her god.

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 mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her crest is short and green. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Findex grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Jeweler. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This silver eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She struck the Jeweler job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has slicked back white hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Herleva was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'0" and wears tattered old clothes. He wears his brown hair down. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Zircon (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Crown-heir profession.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nalaed 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 Nalaed. Being a Bounty Hunter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).