Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her tied-back hair is red. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an entirely blue suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of a Unemployed, who enjoyed hunting, Uthemar was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Uthemar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. His white hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jak embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Melech 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 tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1200 pp. Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a white cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a blue broad hat and blue clothes. She has moderate length red hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, yellow shirt, and grey tie, marred by sweets. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Eberk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.