Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

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: Erky lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Mastema abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman likes to wear tan tank tops with blue skirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her tied-back hair is auburn. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the south to a Performer, Meena learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his brown robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. His first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, he is not a threatening figure. His dark red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Morthos is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Morthos was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20000 sp. Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear green tank tops with grey pants. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished greatsword as well. His copper crest is greasy and uncared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A gifted student he started as a Performer, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He became a Gardener soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Gardener responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She sports golden long hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.