Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an entirely black suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Bune is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has moderate length silver hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in the north to a Sculptor, Vanuath learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Vanuath has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 sp. Jet (100 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: Nemeia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Junk Dealer and was forced into it by her family; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Ar-Karo was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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. After a long history of fighting, Barbena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her crest is scarlet, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Kadana is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Banker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man wears an entirely blue suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Fivin will drive conversation. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 sp.