Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Fortune-teller. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Black pearl (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Canary diamond (8000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Layabout who has hired him part-time. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of a Roofer, who enjoyed hunting, Torinn was taken on many hunting expeditions. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Azurite (12 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vlorn embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born to a Weaver, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Vlorn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1600 pp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a white shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. A freak accident while working with his Guard mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White opal (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Amber (100 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Her blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Donella isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her childhood dream was to be a Barber, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.