Description: This man stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 280 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a simple red robe with violet stripes complete with hood. Her hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Portia was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has done her best to style her copper crest to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Masseuse job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has blue crest. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Bharash was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with his Ploughman mother left him crippled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He 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. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has chestnut hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the north. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has wavy silver crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Kaladan is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Kaladan 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. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Kaladan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

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 suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is violet, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has moderate length golden hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Althaea embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Through the years after Althaea was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Althaea's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Althaea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).