Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His white hair is cut short. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ribbles never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Alain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Detective, but she got bored and became a Weaver. She has worked as a Weaver like her mother before her.

Motivation: She's in love; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Emotional, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has moderate length blue hair. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Leucis was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Knight arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her yellow fur in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shadow 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 Shadow. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Amber (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is typically in his Server uniform. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Iolite (50 gp).

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A true patriot, Erias would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Erias was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. 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. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Architect arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Antitoxin.