Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bastard swords and longswords. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

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. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bounty Hunter. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Sage, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bounty Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Passionate, Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Family, Debt. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His hair is short and golden. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has slicked back white hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Nalaed lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She struck the Fletcher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and doesn't want to be a fletcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

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

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. His orange fur is matted, messy, and big. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Quick 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Knight mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His red hair is cut short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is brass and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A true patriot, Medrash would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Medrash was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Medrash was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: He wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. His long white fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shadow studied abroad. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Debt, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.