Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Siffress was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Siffress fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 7000 gp. Malachite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Murook was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1200 pp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp).

Description: A 6'5" western man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has green eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a red tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has dyed his greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Pijjirik was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Detective, but he got bored and became a Beggar. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (130 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She has wavy white hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shipwright. She tends to her Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.