Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'6" when asserting himself. He has wavy auburn hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in the north to a Mortician, Nákra learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She sports golden long hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

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

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: River was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a red costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has brown hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thea embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. 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: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Thea was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 sp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

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

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Jade (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is well kept. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Audhild hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Audhild was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Audhild alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an entirely violet suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His tied-back hair is auburn. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Backpack.