Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small tan hat.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, marred by beers. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She found a children's book about a Halfling Expert 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears long strands of jet and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Andry was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her childhood dream was to be a Carter, but she was a colossal failure. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp. Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His fur is white and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a hunchback. She has wavy black hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. His red fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is golden and very short. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her childhood dream was to be a Painter, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Seamstress for hire.

Motivation: To protect her home; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1500 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a Beggar first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new beggar responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1100 pp.