Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'9" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pearl embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Performer business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Racist. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man very much looks the part of a Cook. He has wavy black hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a bookbinder again

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Herbalist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his brown robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Dilettante work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dilettante work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy dark red hair. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bathin was born with his mother's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Courier, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Lezre 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 obsessed with her god.

History: Lezre was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a fisher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 cp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired him part-time. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a simple violet robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and carries axes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Anselm liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 gp.