Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 280 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. She has wavy blonde hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small blue hat.

Personality: She is a Tanner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She's also a talented Detective, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

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. 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. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and elven compassion

Flaws: Mundane, Racist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears professional attire. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length scarlet crest. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. His tied-back hair is red. 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 likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Enialis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Abalaba reached her early adolescence her Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His fur is cut close to his head. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Cask and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Merchant business.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.