Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is brown and curly. 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 very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. With bright red hair. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Therlin was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. Being a Stableman kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 2'9" western woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Myria hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She found a children's book about a Halfling Rogue 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 Slave Trader job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Ûkshak was taken on many hunting expeditions. When Ûkshak reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of sapphire and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the east. A freak accident while working with his Adventurer mother left him crippled. 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 greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her tied-back hair is golden. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fisher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She 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. After a long history of fighting, Verna and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tree embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Tree was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Tree was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Tree's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1500 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp).