Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. Her red fur, when down, is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Shadow was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

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 a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jade (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He tends to wear a large red jacket. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: Bundrigo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bundrigo was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a worn and beaten armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has wavy auburn hair. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

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

Description: This tall, slender woman 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. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are silver.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Azza was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Crowbar. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears professional attire. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. 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 Spy. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spy responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 sp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).