Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. She has red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bella grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His tied-back hair is blonde. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A gifted student he started as a Ruler, but he got bored and became a Bounty Hunter. Recently the stress of being a Bounty Hunter has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Insomniac, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man very much looks the part of a Dyer. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Dyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Painter again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Jade (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahrim grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is golden and curly. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Faral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears tattered old clothes. She has a hunchback. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Audhild never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Jade (160 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is portly but not overly obese. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Amber (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Star ruby (700 gp).