Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears professional attire. He has moderate length black hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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 was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Alston never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. She struck the Glassblower job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. White opal (1600 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amber (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a Masseuse, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has amber eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Fortune-teller like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1900 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

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. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Jet (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she very much looks the part of a Herbalist. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Stacee embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Spy profession.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has auburn hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Gimgen hails from a village terrorized by drow. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Gimgen was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. White pearl (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Jacinth (8000 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.