Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His scarlet crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Azzakh was born with his mother's beautiful face. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This man usually wears his red robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 220 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She uses divination through singing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has worked as a Masseuse like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to unite with her sister

Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver pearl (50 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Hirrathak was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Backpack.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gomory grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gomory. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her crest is gold and very short. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He has auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gildmak isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Gildmak is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gildmak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Simple lock.