Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop fur cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a Locksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Gale was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Locksmith. He struck the Locksmith job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'11" when asserting himself. His brown hair is cut short. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Ombul enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Holy water.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'4". She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. Her fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kite was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Kite has worked very hard to control her curse. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is black and very short. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she very much looks the part of a Shepherd. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a Courier, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scimitar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Yvonne 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 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 to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 230 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Amber (160 gp).