Description: This late middle aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is silver and curly. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the east to a Scribe, Jillian learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carpenter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: She wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'3" when asserting herself. Her head has been shaved. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Mardred lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Actor. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Qualen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Performer. He tends to his Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She has moderate length black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shautha studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Shautha took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". She wears a red collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'5" when asserting himself. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Godfrey was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 Spy. He became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: To be a Architect again; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.