Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses like a well dressed Carpenter does. Her blue crest is lengthy. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

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 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 in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Carpenter. She struck the Carpenter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes. She is portly but not overly obese. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Juliana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She struck the Carter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sage business.

History: Vapula was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10 pp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a Stylist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 37000 sp.

Description: This northern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the north to a Bowyer, Maynild learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bowyer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gray eyes and a yellow hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father 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 west were limited. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears a pastel collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 13000 cp. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Thunderstones. 2 Tanglefoot bags.