Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears baggy grey pantaloons and a tan scarf. She has wavy white hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Average lock.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His fur is short and black. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich western family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Eye agate (8 gp). White opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Eye agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Balimaar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has wavy auburn hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Olunt was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Scribe, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vlorn embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.