Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She has styled her blue crest well, parting it to the right. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small green hat.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. After a long history of fighting, Joan and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jet (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. 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 quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Merihim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tanner. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Merihim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Blue quartz (5 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Amber (140 gp). Sard (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'8". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is short and blonde. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man wears a violet collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 wracked by social anxiety; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Eye agate (11 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy yellow suit. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished flail as well. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her brown fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is physically well-built. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Coral (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).