Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears a simple black robe with violet stripes complete with hood. His black crest is braided into rings. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Bidreked was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 20 gp. Blue quartz (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Juliana has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, black cloak, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her white hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mayor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Rieta learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her scarlet crest is heavily combed to the left. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Kava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1800 sp. Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a fancy black dress, she is not a threatening figure. She has white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born into a rich family. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'11" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the west. A gifted student he started as a Assassin, but he got bored and became a Painter. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Darrow was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. After a long history of fighting, Darrow and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born into a rich family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.